Driving simulator for Côte d’Ivoire

It will be put to use in the company’s Pan-African Port Training Centre (CFPP) in Abidjan, demonstrating a commitment to innovative training and new teaching methods.

“We are pleased to introduce this driving simulator to the CFPP, which will enable us to provide a new training programme,” said Maryam Aïdara, director of the Pan-African port training centre.

“This virtual reality device brings real added value and offers many advantages by preparing trainees for all the situations they may encounter in the course of their work.”

This multi-business simulator is the first of its kind to be acquired by the CFPP. It allows employees to complete their training by practising on different types of machinery such as STS gantries, RTGs, forklift trucks, mobile cranes and heavy goods.

For the trainers, the simulator will speed up training and reduce equipment downtime by a reported 30%. It will also become possible to change the work situations according to the typical weather conditions that can affect manoeuvres on the ground.

Bolloré Transport & Logistics prides itself on its modern and digitalised educational approach that it says helps young people in Côte d’Ivoire into employment. Its Pan-African Port Training Centre, open to all Bolloré Transport & Logistics employees, trains more than 500 people each year in the port sector and welcomes more and more women each year.