2010: one more new ship at Port Revel

The "Q-Max", the largest LNG carrier, now also has a little sister at Port Revel. She is a beautiful 345 m ship with a capacity of 266 000 m3. She is also the future Panamax. We now have 11 ships and 3 escort tugs. A. de Graauw, October 2009

New ship... new lake ... a new era is starting in 2009 at Port Revel

The CMA CGM OTELLO container ship now has a little sister at Port Revel. This beautiful 1000 ft ship was nammed on April 30, 2009 (see press release). Her fully digital control system is a major innovation in our profession. We now have 10 ships and 3 escort tugs.   This winter was also used to enlarge Port Revel's lake: new current areas (50% of our lake is now subject to currents), new shallow water areas (70% of our lake has now a water depth of less than 27.5 m), two new locks, one at Panama size (55 m), lots of new berths: we now have nearly 50 berths.   We have also renewed our lecture slides (over 1000). A. de Graauw, May 2009

Year 2008 nearly fully booked:

We are proud to announce that our courses are now nearly fully booked for this year. Do not hesitate to book for 2009.

As the initiators of the concept, exactly 40 years ago, we are proud to see that more and more pilots and masters acknowledge manned models as being useful for shiphandling training.

A. de Graauw, January 2008

New escort tug: the VELOX

The tug made it from Vancouver where she was built by Ron Burchett, to Port Revel in the French Alps. It is Port Revel's third escort tug. It is a beautiful 37 m (121 ft) tractor tug with Voith Schneider drives and Turbo Fin, designed by Robert Allan in Vancouver and owned by Ostensjo in Norway.

A. de Graauw, July 2007

Introducing man-made wind

• we have currents: over 35% of our lake is subject to currents
• we have shallow waters: nearly 50% of our lake has a water depth of less than 27.5 m
• we have waves: a wave front of 750 m
• We now also have a movable WIND generator

A. de Graauw, February 2007