COVINGTON CAMPUS

Locus-MPI’s Covington Campus is located in the heart of historic downtown Covington, Louisiana. Our 10,000 sq. ft. campus includes a full-mission bridge simulator and flexible meeting space to accommodate classes, debriefs, or to set up our mobile simulator. There are also many alternative locations in downtown Covington to host larger groups, including our partner hotel, the Southern Hotel, and the Covington Firehouse Event Center.

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FULL-MISSION BRIDGE SIMULATOR

Locus-MPI’s full-mission bridge simulator offers our students unparalleled access to immersive ship handling scenarios, offering:

  • Kongsberg K-Sim platform
  • Wrap-around, high-vertical field of view
  • Technically accurate recreations of real-world geography
  • Smooth visualization of highly customizable nautical scenes
  • Realistic vessel behavior
  • Render/recover winch controls, RADAR/ARPA/ECDIS/AIS, pilot plug and monitoring equipment for ship’s sensors plug-and-play adaptability for Pilot laptop navigation systems (PPU)
  • A vast library of over 120 databases and 200 hydrodynamic ship models, most developed by Locus-MPI 

MOBILE LAB

Locus-MPI’s mobile lab offers simulation capabilities in a convenient and portable package that can be used in Covington or brought to your location, offering:

  • Kongsberg Polaris platform
  • 4 dedicated stations designed for maritime training and navigation education that can operate jointly or individually
  • ECDIS
  • Azipod
  • Pilot Electronics
  • Basic Shiphandling exercises
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