The parties signed the construction contract for earlier in April, under which the first pile is expected to be driven into the ground at MARIN’s site on Haagsteeg in Wageningen in August 2022.
According to MARIN, the new test facility for the Dutch maritime sector should be operational in February 2024.
The SOSc will be a digital and virtual testing facility available for users worldwide, offering special possibilities to realistically simulate conditions at sea with, among other things, motion platforms, spherical simulators for all-round vision, and virtual, augmented and mixed reality.
