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Jul. 07, 1967 - Giant Tanker Captains Train At Artificial Centre: Scale models of giant tankers, with full navigational equipment are being used on a 7 1/2-acre artificial lake, complete with model port and generator producing waves to provide training facilities for captains and pilots of these vessels from all over the world. The KSSC-Standard Naval Research and Test Station at Port Ravel, near Crenoble, France, which was inauguration this week, is the first international training center of its kind, . It has been built at a cost of over 80, 000 and is capable of training 150 captain and pilots a years. Photo Shows A 1, 25 scale model of ESSC Berlin, 38, 000 tons, navigating Suez Canal section at Port Revel. Former Suez Canal pilots have found the method realistic

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