Vulcanus Studytour 2013 Northern Germany: Bremen, Hamburg, Papenburg, Rendsburg Vulcanus Studytour 2013 Contents Preface ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Advertisements ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Participants .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Program ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Monday – 08/07/13 ............................................................................................................................ 7 Tuesday – 09/07/13 ............................................................................................................................ 7 Wednesday – 10/07/13 ....................................................................................................................... 7 Thursday – 11/07/13 ........................................................................................................................... 7 Monday: Travelling to Germany .............................................................................................................. 8 Monday: Meyer Werft ............................................................................................................................. 9 Tuesday: HSVA (Hamburgische Schiftsbau-Versuchsanstalt) ............................................................... 10 Tuesday: MAN Diesel and Turbo ........................................................................................................... 12 Tuesday: Dinner at Hoffbraeuhaus ....................................................................................................... 14 Wednesday: Nobiskrug ......................................................................................................................... 15 Wednesday: International Maritime Museum Hamburg ...................................................................... 16 Wednesday: International Maritime Museum Hamburg ...................................................................... 16 Thursday: Luerssen Yachts <- to be written .......................................................................................... 17 Thursday: Return to Delft: ..................................................................................................................... 19 Sponsors ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Main Sponsors: .................................................................................................................................. 20 Other Sponsors: ................................................................................................................................. 20 VST2013 Page 2 Vulcanus Studytour 2013 Preface This travel report is the closure of a highly successful Vulcanus Study Tour (VST). On the early morning of monday the 8th of July a group of 12 Vulcanus members gathered at the faculty of 3ME to start our annual foreign excursion. This year we were heading for Northern Germany to visit companies and research facilities in Hamburg, Papenburg, Bremen and Rendsburg. Everybody was looking forward to see and learn from leading companies in the marine industry and scientific community. Every year Master society Vulcanus organizes an international study tour to companies in our field of study. The maritime sector is a global industry although we focus mainly on the companies within the European Union. The Vulcanus Study Tour is intended to show the students of Marine Engineering and Mechanical Systems and Integration what they can expect after they finish their studies and put the work in an international perspective. The study tour is also a great opportunity to expand the professional network of our members and those we get in contact with. First of all I would like to thank the treasurer, Ewout Slachter, for his hard work this year in helping to organize the VST, although we had different titles assigned to us it was truly a shared effort. Secondly, I would like to thank the companies that welcomed us this year; we very much appreciated their hospitality and were treated to very interesting presentations and factory tours. Thirdly, I would like to thank ir. Klaas Visser and ir. Milinko Godjevac for their support this year and for joining us on the VST. And last, but definitely not least, I would like to thank our sponsors. Without their contribution it was not possible to organize and finance the VST 2013. I hope reading this year’s travel report will bring back good memories and motivate the new Vulcanus board and participating students to go beyond this year’s study tour. Enjoy the impression and I look forward to next year’s study tour. Although this year ended with a very enjoying study tour, for most of us this year will be marked by the tragic shock of Hugo Grimmelius’ sudden departure from life on the 12th of September 2012. He was a driving force in the 3ME faculty and made our study department into what it is today. He also was a proud member of the Vulcanus board, where he served in the function of treasurer from ’91 up until ’96. He kept a close relation with Vulcanus after this period by helping boards to organize excursions and company visits. And when we did go on our yearly VST he always joined, not just on the excursions but also at night to the bars, where he frequently went home with the last group of students. His absence could be felt throughout the year and on the VST, fortunately his active live has left us with many fond memories making sure he will be missed but not be forgotten. Best regards, Mike Loonstijn Chairman Dispuut Vulcanus VST2013 Page 3 Vulcanus Studytour 2013 VST2013 Page 4 Vulcanus Studytour 2013 Advertisements VST2013 Page 5 Vulcanus Studytour 2013 Participants This year’s VST group consisted of 12 people of whom 10 students and 2 members of staff from Delft University of Technology. There were first year master students, students working on their master thesis and one that was about to graduate, there even was a bachelor student. Also joining us on the tour were two members of the teaching staff. All in all a very diverse group with varied experience in the field of marine engineering. From left to right: Sotiris Kouroutzis, ir. Milinko Godjevac, Ewout Slachter, Henk Jan Bosman, Mike Loonstijn, Ioanna Georgescu, Frank Jacobs, Fabian Bakker, Maarten Sanders, Herr Bunde (company representative for MAN), Chris Korving, ir. Klaas Visser, Dirk de Waard. VST2013 Page 6 Vulcanus Studytour 2013 Program Monday – 08/07/13 08:30 Gather at the back of the 3ME building. 8:45 – 12:00 Drive to Meyer Werft, Industriegebiet Süd, Papenburg. 12:00 – 16:00 Excursion to Meyer Werft, lunch will be provided by Meyer Werft GmbH. 16:00 – 19:00 Drive to Hamburg and check in at the hostel, Detlev-Bremer-Strasse 44. 19:30 Go into Hamburg for dinner and have a good time. Tuesday – 09/07/13 08:00 – 08:45 Breakfast at the hostel. 08:45 – 09:30 Drive to HSVA, Bramfelder Straße 164, Hamburg. 09:30 – 11:30 Excursion to HSVA. 11:30 – 13:00 Drive to MAN, Rossweg 20 Hamburg 13:00 – 16:00 Excursion to MAN, lunch will be provided by MAN Diesel & Turbo SE. 16:00 – 18:30 Drive back to the hostel and freshen up, gather at the hostel for dinner at 18:30. 19:00 Dinner at Hofbrauehaus Hamburg, Esplanade 6, Hamburg Wednesday – 10/07/13 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast at the hostel 08:30 – 10:00 Drive to Nobiskrug, Kieler Strasse 53, Rendsburg. 10:00 – 12:30 Excursion to Nobiskrug. 12:30 – 13:30 Have lunch at undetermined location. 13:30 – 18:30 Visit nearby city or go to the international maritime museum, Hamburg. 18:30 – 19:15 Freshen up at hostel, gather for dinner at 19:15. Thursday – 11/07/13 07:45 – 08:15 Breakfast at the hostel and check out (have your stuff packed in time). 08:15 – 10:00 Drive to Luerssen Yachts, Zum Alten Speicher 11, Bremen 10:00 – 12:30 Excursion to Luerssen Yachts. Lunch will be provided by Luerssen Werft GmbH 12:30 – 17:30 Drive back to Delft. VST2013 Page 7 Vulcanus Studytour 2013 Monday: Travelling to Germany At the start of the Vulcanus Study Tour 2013 we all assembled, properly suited up, outside the faculty in the nice weather that would keep with us for the entire studytour. The board had rented a highly efficient turbocharged diesel powered van to transport a part of the group to the first excursion location while the rest Ioana who kindly offered to take some students in her car. After introductions were made the long drive began to the Meyer Werft in Papenburg (~300 km.) Because the tour takes place in the week after the exams and we all had to be up very early some students tried to catch up on some sleep. Meanwhile the traffic was light, the sky was blue and the sun was out. This did reveal a problem with cooling the van’s interior. It turned out the airconditioning vents were only placed at the front of the van. Soon the first of the requests for more cooling air came from the back of the van which will be a much heard sentence throughout the studytour. Just before the complaints of frozen feet from the driver. After the first kilometres of German Autbahn we arrived