Prime Minister opens Europort '09 Expo using VSTEP Simulator

Date posted: 03-11-2009

During the highly attended opening ceremony of Europort 2009, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende, sailed through the virtual Port of Rotterdam using VSTEP’s maritime simulator ‘Ship Simulator Professional

Europort is the second largest maritime exhibition in the world. The opening ceremony was attended by the ambassadors of all countries attending Europort 2009.

Simulator developer VSTEP is very proud to be the selected partner for this opening ceremony and will be further demonstrating its award-winning Ship Simulator Professional at Europort stand 4.111 from November 3-6 in Rotterdam, NL.

A short video presentation highlighting the opening ceremony presentation of Prime Minister Balkenende on VSTEP’s Ship Simulator is available below.

For more information about Europort 2009 visit www.europort.nl

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