Norway 2019

July 11, 2019     The boat trip to Sweden last night was great. The cadets had a lot of fun on the boat, the buffet was great, and they can now say they stepped foot in Sweden. The group had ten minutes to explore the small area in Sweden and then they were back on the boat. Many students were picturing a small ferry ride to Sweden, however this ship was similar to a cruise, which was an exciting shock to many. (Photos are posted in the previous post).    Today Cameron Kelly, a PhD student at Liverpool Moores University, presented to the class on Life Cycle Analysis. This is Kelly's fourth year with the summer school program, one year being a student and three years teaching this subject to the group. The group learned about life cycle analysis (LCA) which starts with raw materials and continues all the way to the disposal of the items. LCA includes planning environmental strategies, product development, marketing, comparisons, following legislation and eco-labelling. The gro

         

July 10, 2019     Today the group presented their findings on the case studies. The groups found some difficulty with this task, as there were technical skills involved they had not utilized before. Nonetheless, each group excelled (no pun intended there, since they are using Microsoft excel) and found an abundance of information which they shared with the class.           The group will be departing for the boat trip to Sweden with Color Viking at 1500. The cadets have been looking forward to this event the entire trip, and they are excited the day has arrived! The boat cruise includes a buffet (yum) and a wonderful evening traveling to Sweden (with duty free taxes, hooray maybe your cadet will find some cheaper souvenirs to bring home for you). Pictures from the cruise will be uploaded in tomorrow's blog, stay tuned!

July 9, 2019         Today three more representatives from Liverpool John Moores University spoke to the group on emissions. Eduardo Davis, David Allanson and Geraint Phylis-Jones explained energy conversion and the conservation of mass and energy, issues with carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide emission control. The cadets learned that high efficiency often gives rise to increased pollutants (the diesel dilemma) and more efficient engines are larger but produce less carbon dioxide emissions.      The representatives presented the topic on emissions the first half of the day, and the second half of the day the cadets worked in groups on a case study. The case study was an estimation of fuel consumed and emissions from readily available AIS data. The groups were tasked to build a spreadsheet-based model of the vessels fuel consumption using the latitude and longitude data contained in the AIS data set for the voyage being studied. Furthermore, each group was tasked to also investigat

June 8, 2019    Happy final week! Your cadets will be returning home very soon. This week everyday has a 1000 start time which is very enjoyable for the students, since they will be able to sleep in a little longer. However, the students must meet every morning at 0920 to make the bus. Once July 1st came, the buses shifted into a summer schedule where the buses came about every half hour, instead of every fifteen minutes, meaning students have to be out earlier so they do not miss the bus. (Wohoo for time management skills!)       Today Milad Armin, a lecturer from Liverpool John Moores University presented to the group "From Planktons to Heavy Residual Fuel Oil". Armin started off by teaching the carbon cycle in the oceans. The students learned about sedimentary basins, the complex mixture of crude oil, the refinery process, HFO contamination, and fuel testing.     The group got an extended lunch today (50 minutes) which was a nice break for the students to enjoy thei

July 5, 2019     Happy Friday! Today was a different change in pace for the students. At noon the students took a bus to Oslo to spend the day on a boat house. Birgit Liodden hosted the cadets, as she spoke to the group on her career path, and provided a fun filled day for the students.     Liodden works at a start up company called YoungShip, which is a professional non-profit organization for young people working within the global maritime industry. Together the  company is a voice for all young maritime professionals, who need to be heard. Liodden was awarded the WISTA (Women's International Shipping&Trading Association) Leadership award in 2012 for her efforts to promote and challenge the industry.  She explained how the industry is changing, technical IT skills are becoming more essential and the environmental green footprint will be the biggest problem in the industry that our generation face.        Liodden was very interactive with the group, she asked each stud