Ice Navigation Module

Aligned with the Polar Code

Ice Navigation Module, part of the Navigator Pro 6000 simulator suite, delivers Polar Code-​compliant training and certification for bridge teams operating in ice conditions.

Built to meet Polar Code and STCW requirements, the module enables realistic simulation of ice navigation scenarios — from ice assessment and voyage planning to convoy operations and port manoeuvring in freezing conditions.

IMO Model Courses

The module provides training under the following courses:

7.10    Basic Training for Personnel Operating Ships in Polar Waters  
7.11    Advanced Training for Personnel Operating Ships in Polar Waters

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Operating in ice conditions

Training and certification of officers in charge of the watch, deck assistants, executive officers, captains and pilots working on the sea, river and fishing vessels.

Emulating wide range of ice conditions and effects.

Custom Modelling

All vessel models are validated through ice navigation trials using full-scale operational data.

Custom-built vessel models on request to match your exact operational profile.

Highly-realistic simulation

Realistic ice environments and fine-tune vessel-ice interaction effects directly from Instructor Mode: 

  • Navigation and Ship Handling in Ice
  • Ice management for offshore installations in Arctic conditions
  • Supply vessel operations
  • Dock and terminal preparation for mooring
  • Offshore loading operations
  • Navigation in broken ice, along solid ice edges, bumping against ice, in open pack ice, ice holes and ice-free patches
  • Icebreaker escort (convoy watchkeeping, position keeping, ship–icebreaker–convoy communication)
  • Radar use in ice conditions
  • Use Ice charts in ECDIS

Sample ice conditions

  • Giant ice fields: over 10 km across  
  • Vast ice fields: 2 to 10 km  
  • Large ice fields: 0.5 to 2 km  
  • Ice field fragments: 100 to 500 m  
  • Nilas, pancake ice and other young ice types  
  • Ridges formed by rafting of large ice formations  
  • Icebergs represented by a set of standard objects with predefined shapes and sizes  
  • Large ice floes: 20 to 100 m  
  • Small ice floes: less than 20 m  
  • Brash ice: less than 4–5 m

Ice conditions editor enables the Instructor to create ice conditions and reproduce accurate simulation of vessel-​ice interaction effects.

Samples of ice-class vessels