The St. John’s Port Authority NFLD, foreseeing the possibility that larger cruise ships could call in the harbor has mandated the Maritime Simulation and Resource Centre (MSRC) to conduct a series of berthing and unberthing simulations at the St. John’s cruise ship terminal aimed at:

• Validate operational safety parameters for cruise ships already calling-in St. John’s, for both type of propulsion, conventional and azimuthal;
• Validate operational safety parameters for larger cruise ships considering calling-in St John’s;
• Evaluate the wind limits not to be exceeded for safe maneuvers;
• Evaluate the benefits of a widened channel and determine the safest approach route