Europe Ship Bridge Simulators Market – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2029

Europe Ship Bridge Simulators Market, By Solution Type (Live Training, Professional Training, Constructive Training, Virtual Training, System Training, and Game Simulation Training), Type (Interactive Ship Bridge Simulators and Non-Interactive Ship Bridge Simulators), Organization Size (Large Scale Organizations, Medium Scale Organizations, and Small Scale Organizations), End-Use (Marine and Educational) - Industry Trends and Forecast to 2029.

Europe Ship Bridge Simulators Market Analysis and Size

Simulators are used in many areas of the maritime industry, including towing and anchor handling, engine control, cargo handling, crane operations, and offshore operation training on ships and oil rigs. In addition to the applications above, marine simulators are also utilized for ship-to-shore training, vessel traffic services, and training for crane operations (VTS). Over the forecast period, the Europe ship bridge simulators market is expected to be driven by the increasing need for trained operators or watch officers on a ship for map-plotting, navigation, fire control, weather monitoring, surveillance, search, and mission rehearsal. However, the market expansion of the Europe ship bridge simulators market is anticipated to be hampered by the high installation costs involved with the creation of ship bridge simulators.

Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the Europe ship bridge simulators market is expected to reach the value of USD 901.43 million by 2029, at a CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period. The Europe ship bridge simulators market report also covers pricing analysis, patent analysis, and technological advancements in depth.     

Market Definition

Ship bridge simulators are extremely advanced manoeuvring tools designed specifically for professional training and testing marine systems in complicated, realistic simulation environments that offer a realistic experience. They are interactive ship simulators, which are different from non-interactive ship simulators because they both provide concept training, skill training, and understanding of the marine systems. These simulators are offered as software-only options or as a software and hardware combo. These software solutions can be installed on any PC with the bare minimum requirements. They offer the user a fake environment for system testing or expert training. Ship bridge simulators are specifically made for system testing and use in live, constructive, virtual, and game simulation training and professional development.

Europe Ship Bridge Simulators Market Dynamics

This section deals with understanding the market drivers, advantages, opportunities, restraints, and challenges. All of this is discussed in detail below:

Drivers

• Increase in the Usage of Warfare Technologies

Electronic warfare refers to using electromagnetic spectrum signals such as radio, infrared, or radar to sense, protect and communicate to protect military assets from potential threats. Moreover, electronic warfare cadets help to protect an aircraft, helicopter, or ship from radar or infrared-guided missiles. Thus, these cadets were invented over 50 years ago and increased over the years with the development of technology.

The rise in the innovation and adoption of modern technology such as augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and many others in various marine sectors has driven the adoption of electronic components and modern solutions such as smart ships and autonomous work processes in war to defend and attack the enemies to lower the lifetime risk of cadets.

• Rise in Growth of the Automation and Technology in the Marine Industry

The marine industry is undergoing a huge technological advancement with the implementation of the autonomous work process. The involvement of advanced electronic devices helps to develop automation and adopt advanced techniques such as AI, AR, robotics, and many others in the marine industry. Moreover, automation and technological adoption in various industries is gaining more importance year on year.

Moreover, technology is a game-changing aspect for all types of developments. Adopting modern solutions such as autonomous work processes, business analytical solutions and many others is important in evolving the maritime industry. Thus, technology dives into the automation and adoption of sensors, propulsion, and many aspects of the ship's working process management. Although navigation management in the marine industry is gaining more importance due to understanding the accurate position and speed to ensure the ship reaches its destination safely and most economically.

Opportunity

• Rise in the Adoption of Simulation Techniques in Educational Institutes

The changing dynamic environment and economic conditions create a demand for re-orientation and modification of educational programs. Technological advancement has increased the integration practices in education and the adoption of computer simulations to understand various concepts across the globe.

However, the conceptual learning method has been very convenient for the past few decades and is not supportive nowadays because of unpredicted market dynamics and complex organizational conditions. This has led to the requirement of altering the teaching and educational methods with the integration of new technology.

Restraints/Challenges

• Stringent Regulations by Maritime Legislative for Effective Training

Many industries are suffering from implementing huge government regulations because of the irrational impediments to profits, economic efficiency, and job creation. The stringent rules and regulations on any type of industries lead to the development of loopholes and violate the laws, which often leads to the adoption of low quality and overcoming the standard procedure which has to be followed, which can further lead to ineffective solutions.

Moreover, most businesses across the globe generally oppose laws, regulations, or tax levies that will restrict business operations and profitability, which directly decreases investments, especially among entrepreneurs who take the risks of starting and managing businesses, limiting the pool of savings for the business.

• Lack of Skilled Training Instructors

Nowadays, technological advancement is booming the market dynamics. The introduction of various techniques and automation processes in the market is very frequent; thus, learning such techniques and new work processes requires time and proper equipment.

Moreover, automation helps networks to run by themselves. Companies still need people with skills, such as trainers and instructors, to train the end user and help adopt techniques to run the networks better. There is a need for training instructors to train and make the end user understand the working procedures.

Post COVID-19 Impact on Europe Ship Bridge Simulators Market

COVID-19 negatively impacted the Europe ship bridge simulators market due to lockdown regulations and the shutdown of training facilities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Europe ship bridge simulators market to an extent negative manner. However, the increasing adoption of virtual training worldwide has helped the market grow after the pandemic. Also, the growth has been high since the market opened after COVID-19, and it is expected that there will be considerable growth in the sector owing to higher demand for a skilled workforce in the marine industry.

Solution providers are making various strategic decisions to bounce back post-COVID-19. The players are conducting multiple research and development activities to improve the technology involved in the ship bridge simulators. With this, the companies will bring advanced technologies to the market. In addition, government initiatives for the use of automation technology have led to the market's growth.

Recent Developments

• In September 2022, Kongsberg Digital announced the launch of the maritime digital twin. This new product launch will help the company to diversify its portfolio and supports 3D visualization of the vessel, and situational awareness around it, including weather conditions, and attracts customers to simulation solutions offered by the company
• In September 2021, Wärtsilä announced the launch of Simulation and Training Solutions, Wartsila Voyage's Cloud Simulation Solution, on Ocean Technologies Group's (OTG) Ocean Learning Platform. This will help the company to expand the business and product reach to a wide range of customers and enhance the usage of solutions to improve the offerings in the market

Europe Ship Bridge Simulators Market Scope

Europe ship bridge simulators market is segmented based on solution type, type, organization size, and end-use. The growth amongst these segments will help you analyze meager growth segments in the industries and provide the users with a valuable market overview and market insights to help them make strategic decisions for identifying core market applications.

Solution Type

• Live Training
• Professional Training
• Constructive Training
• Virtual Training
• System Training
• Game Simulation Training

On the basis of solution type, the Europe ship bridge simulators market is segmented into live training, professional training, constructive training, virtual training, system training, and game simulation training.

Type

• Interactive Ship Bridge Simulators
• Non-Interactive Ship Bridge Simulators

On the basis of type, the Europe ship bridge simulators market is segmented into interactive ship bridge simulators, and non-interactive ship bridge simulators.

Organization Size

• Large Scale Organizations
• Medium Scale Organizations
• Small Scale Organizations

On the basis of organization size, the Europe ship bridge simulators market is segmented into large scale organizations, medium scale organizations, small scale organizations.

End-Use

• Marine
• Educational

On the basis of end-use, the Europe ship bridge simulators market is segmented into marine and educational.

Europe Ship Bridge Simulators Market Regional Analysis/Insights

The Europe ship bridge simulators market is analyzed, and market size insights and trends are provided by country, solution type, type, organization size, and end-use, as referenced above.

Some countries covered in the Europe ship bridge simulators market report are Germany, France, U.K., Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Rest of Europe. The U.K. is expected to dominate the European region owing to the country's increasing marine and shipping expenditure.  

The country section of the report also provides individual market-impacting factors and market regulation changes that impact the market's current and future trends. Data points like downstream and upstream value chain analysis, technical trends and porter's five forces analysis, and case studies are some of the pointers used to forecast the market scenario for individual countries. Also, the presence and availability of European brands and their challenges faced due to large or scarce competition from local and domestic brands, the impact of domestic tariffs, and trade routes are considered while providing a forecast analysis of the country data.   

Competitive Landscape and Europe Ship Bridge Simulators Market Share Analysis

The Europe ship bridge simulators market competitive landscape provides details by the competitor. Details included are company overview, company financials, revenue generated, market potential, investment in research and development, new market initiatives, Europe presence, production sites and facilities, production capacities, company strengths and weaknesses, product launch, product width and breadth, and application dominance. The above data points provided are only related to the companies' focus related to the Europe ship bridge simulators market.

Some of the major players operating in the Europe ship bridge simulators market are Rheinmetall AG, AVEVA Group plc, BMT Group Ltd, General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (a subsidiary of General Dynamics), FORCE TECHNOLOGY, Wärtsilä, PC Maritime, Aboa Mare, ST Engineering, Image Soft, Presagis Canada Inc., Simwave B.V., VSTEP BV, ARI Simulation, Synergy Group, SSPA, Kongsberg Digital (a subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen), among others.