Jan De Nul Group · Offshore wind installation
Les Alizés and Voltaire: crews qualified before first deployment
The challenge
Jan De Nul was bringing two new vessels into service: Les Alizés, a 5,000-tonne heavy lift vessel, and Voltaire, the world's largest jack-up installation vessel. Crews needed an environment where they could train on them before going offshore.
What OSC delivered
- Full digital twins of both vessels inside the simulation environment
- Rehearsals of monopile, nacelle, turbine blade and jacket lifts in realistic sea states, wind and fog, including equipment failures
- Junior crew trained independently, without costing senior operators a distracted minute at sea
- A simulator that doubles as a showroom for investors, press and clients
"Simulation is the safest place to fail and also the cheapest."
7 m dome craneSCADA digital twinVR deckFive operator roomsBridge simulatorRadio networkMonopile installationHeavy lift