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November 2012www.marinelink.com 49are important for the crew to understand." The third area OSC focuses on is crane simulation or lifting operations.There are both rig crane simulators, relevant for supply ves- sel operations and also subsea crane simulation, for posi-tioning subsea equipment down on the seafloor. The deck personnel play an important role in the simula-tors. They are operated like in a computer game doing the real tasks required using a joy-stick. The personnel is seen live from thosee on the bridge and they communicate like in real operations. A large portion of the revenue of OSC is spent on research and development. Mr Monsholm presents a slide showing growing revenues reaching some NOK 41m oin 2011, of which the R&D investments represent some NOK24m. The other parts are cost of goods, when we deliver simulators to other companies, and administration. "So far, the owners say that they have not invested in OSC in order to make money. That was not the intention." OSC has 17 employees in Aale- sund, and owns 60% of a company in Holland, Ivory Lake B.V., which does the graphics needed for the simulators based on a gaming engine Quest 3D owned by Act-3D B.V. holding the remaing shares in that company. OSC does its ??Our business idea is that we want tocontribute to improving the safety of the personnel through simulation and visualisation of demanding offshore operations.Arne Monsholm, CEO at OSCMR#11 (42-49):MR Template 11/3/2012 10:36 AM Page 49