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STUDY TOUR 2006

Dispuut Vulcanus - 2 - Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine

Contents:

Program ......................................................................................................................................2

Participants .................................................................................................................................3

Preface ........................................................................................................................................4

Monday 12th of June. .................................................................................................................5

Tuesday .......................................................................................................................................6

Wednesday .................................................................................................................................8

Thursday .................................................................................................................................. 10

Friday ....................................................................................................................................... 12

Saturday ................................................................................................................................... 14

Financial account ..................................................................................................................... 15

Sponsors .................................................................................................................................. 16

Program Monday 12th of June Departure from Schiphol Arrival Göteborg Visit Chalmers University Tuesday 13th of June Visit Volvo Tuve Visit SSPA Wednesday 14th of June

Visit Volvo Museum Visit Volvo Penta

Thursday 15th of June Departure from Göteborg Visit NAJAD Arrival at Oslo Friday 16th of June Visit DNV Visit Vikingship Museum Saturady 17th of June Departure from Oslo Arrival at Schiphol

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Participants Staff and students KIM (10)

1. Eugene Pel 2. Martijn van Lier 3. Douwe Stapersma

4. Erwin Maas 5. Johannes Campfens 6. Jan van Veenen 7. Youri Linden 8. Juriaan Visser 9. Dave Krijger 10. Jeroen Boschman

Staff and students TU Delft (13)

11. Hans Klein Woud 12. Hugo Grimmelius 13. Roelf van Till 14. Johan de Jager 15. Sido Jensma 16. Ayold Keulen 17. Peter de Vos 18. Volkmar de Vries 19. Bertrand Wajer

Vulcanus Board: 20. Arjen Tjallema 21. Henriko Kalter 22. Laurens Ouwehand 23. Jeroen Jacobs

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Preface On the early morning of the 12

th of June, students and staff from Dispuut Vulcanus and the

Royal Dutch Naval College gathered at Schiphol airport, to start our yearly foreign trip. This year we were heading for Göteborg and Oslo, where we would get the chance to give ourselves an impression of the Scandinavian marine engineering industry. By organizing these yearly trips to foreign companies, we want to gather knowledge about the industry in which we will get to work and get to know people and companies that we visit. This gives us insight in the different companies that are active in the field of marine engineering and how people work in different countries. In a week time we visited the Chalmers University, Volvo trucks, SSPA, Volvo Penta, Najad and Det Norske Veritas. Besides these six companies we had time to visit the Volvo museum in Göteborg and the Viking museum in Oslo. To see something of the two cities we stayed in and the culture and beautiful nature of the two countries. I would like to thank all the companies that welcomed us and gave us very interesting presentations and tours through the companies. These visits learnt us a lot about the companies, the way they work and the products they make. Besides these companies I would like to warmly thank our sponsors without whom this trip would not have been possible. After this week of traveling through Scandinavia I can look back on a successful trip, and I start to look forward to next year‟s trip to a hopefully as beautiful country and interesting industry as we have seen this year. Arjen Tjallema Chairman Dispuut Vulcanus

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Monday 12th of June. Finally, it was time for another Vulcanus excursion, this time we were heading for Sweden and Norway. The dispute would meet at Schiphol Airport at 8.00, this meant that some had to get up early to catch the train to Schiphol. Almost everyone was on time at the meeting point. We had the opportunity to check in as a group and of course it took longer then the check-in of twenty individuals.

The flight was a really nice one. There was no turbulence and the view was excellent. All the passengers were looking through the windows to enjoy the view. After the croissant and the cup of coffee it was already time to land. The landing was smooth and in a few minutes we all stood outside Gothenburg airport waiting for the bus. The wetter in Sweden was even better then in Holland. The bus arrived and although it wasn‟t a Volvo we all got in. It took about 30 minutes to drive us to the hotel. The hotel looked from the outside as the kind of Mexican hotels you see in movies like “From dusk till Dawn”, but when we entered the hotel we found out that it wasn‟t that bad. The group was divided over rooms of three. At 1330 we met outside the hotel, to travel to our first visit. This years kick-off visit of the Vulcanus Study tour to

Sweden and Norway, was at Chalmers University of Technology. This university was founded in 1829 as the result of a donation from the Director of the Swedish East India Company, William Chalmers. Our group visited the Department Shipping and Marine Technology. The afternoon was filled in with three presentations and a tour around the trainers and simulators. First the leader of the Marine Engineering program gave his presentation, then a researcher on hydrodynamics and last but not least the Dean of education. The whole Chalmers University knows 10.600 students, and in total on Goteborg University there are about 50.000 students. The total amount of money available for research and college is 2158 million SEK (220 million Euro). About 65 percent of the available money goes to research. In a new system Chalmers University separates the research from the educational site. A coordinator buys courses at the Department. A strict distinct between “builders” and “users” is set to be the main goal of this system. A great advantage of this system is a overhead structure which will keep an eye on the educational program. Three main master programs are given at the Department:

1. Engineering (Naval architecture) 2. Technical (Ship survey and safety) 3. Nordic, which is a joint venture with several Scandinavian Universities (Shipping and

Logistics)

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Also a new combination with the Goteborg University is set up, this is called the Lighthouse and is meant to educate also in Law. In Sweden students do not have to pay to do a study at the University. And same as in The Netherlands almost 100 % of the students will first do their bachelor and immediate do their master. A lot of Engineers are necessary in Sweden, but there are still to less young people who chose for a Marine Engineering study. A brief overview of the bachelor:

180 ECTS theoretical

15 ECTS electrics

15 ECTS work practice

60 ECTS on board (40 weeks) This bachelor is not enough to succeed with the master, mostly the mathematics should be brought at a higher level. In hydrodynamics four main streams in research are present:

1. Lines and stability 2. Resistance and flow 3. Propulsion and cavitation 4. Seakeeping and manoeuvring

A lot of research is done in hull optimization, looking at wave resistance. The researcher doing the presentation tells a lot about their methods used by this research. The visit at the Department of Shipping and Marine Technology at Chalmers University was very nice and well organized. We learned a lot of their way of thinking about education and research. Furthermore the tour around simulators was very interesting. This excursion lasted the whole afternoon. At the time we got back at the hotel dinner was already prepared. The hotel crew had installed a nice buffet with all kinds of food, which we all enjoyed. In the evening most of the tour participants went to the city centre. The temperature was still nice, so we could enjoy a beer at the terrace. When the terrace closed we moved to the well-known Hard Rock Café, where we found the others, how surprising and where we had a nice ending of our first day in Sweden.

Tuesday After a very nice evening getting to know Göteborg, we had to get up fresh and fruity to start our second day of the study tour. The program of the study tour for that day was a visit of the assembly factory of Volvo trucks and a visit to SSPA. After a feisty breakfast en a cup of strong coffee we went to the bus at nine. After a relaxed busdrive of about 20 minutes from the Apple Hotel, we arrived at the Tuve Assembly factory of Volvo. We were welcomed by mr. Aleksander Ratz our guide for that day. Before the tour through the factory we had a presentation from mr. Ratz. Our chairman Arjen gave an introduction to tell our interests. After a short welcome mr. Ratz asked the group for subject for discussion. Mr. Ratz also told immediately that not everything could be told because of company confidentiality. SCR-technology and Euro 4/5 emission norms were proposed as subjects, to discuss after the tour through the factory. The first part of the presentation was about the general facts and figures of the Volvo Holding, how Volvo trucks was part of the market how the competition was in comparison, how many assembly factories Volvo has etc etc. After this short introduction presentation of about 10 minutes, we went to

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the tour through the factory. This was done in a red tourist train. During the tour photography was prohibited and hands had to be kept within the carriage. With a couple of clients we were led through the factory. First stage of the tour was the outer terrain, where steel for chassis assembly was stored. The first building we skipped was the steel preparation part, here the steel is pressed by rollers into u-beams and the necessary holes are punched into the metal. After this the train went into the factory. The next part in the production process was the assembly of the frame the beams and bars are bolted together to form the frame and a chassis is born. Before chassis assembly the frame is coated and put into a furnace to harden the coating. Slowly we drove through the hall to the next part where there was some kind of productionstreet where the frame was build up into a complete chassis each truck has it‟s own production team for the part they are able to do. The advantage is that this keeps the work from becoming to simple and boring. According to Mr. Ratz Volvo is good for her people; Volvo invests in her personel in the form of good conditions for example wooden floors to work on, what is more pleasant to work on in stead of concrete. There are 2000 employees working in the factory. Another nice addition to employee comfort is a small garden within the factory consisting of Spanish trees and a small fishpool. The train went on to the next point which was the “wedding point” here the chassis and the truckcabin are joined. At the end of this productionstreet the truck is completed and ready for testing. The testing is done in a special cabine were the conditions are always kept the same. The truck is tested in on severall points within 30 minutes. This is the final station for truck assembly from here on the truck is temporarely stored on the terrain, ready for transport. From start to finish it costs about 2 days to produce a truck. After the tour we got a cup of coffee and were led back to the presentation room, where we got the rest of the general presentation. There were some questions about the production process and about the emission norm and the way to get there. After the questions and discussions it was time for the traditional gifts: the Vulcanus tie and our typical Dutch bottle of Jenever. Mr. Ratz thanked us for our visit and wished us luck with our further tour through Sweden and Norway. After this we went to the bus. The busdriver dropped us in the centre of Gothenburg for lunch purposes. After some searching for a suitable lunchroom we decided to eat at the “coöpkonsen” where we enjoyed our lunch outside at the terrace. After an hour we drove off to SSPA. The afternoon was Scheduled as a visit to SSPA in Ghotenburg, where we were welcomed by Björn Allenström, the SSPA vice-director in Sweden. In his introduction he told us that the company was founded in 1940 as a governement institute. Afterwards it was privatised and now it is for the full 100% property of the Foundation Chalmers University of Technology. SSPA has 6 main tasks:

Shipdesign: Ships kan be tested in different towingtanks where hydrodynamic en acoustic properties can be measured. Improving specific properties of ships is one of the expertises

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the company possess. Since the founding of the company over 6000 ships are tested within the institute

The other tasks are:

Maritime operations, research, software, test facilities and a educational part: workshops and tasktraining

As an example of the research being done, mr Allenström gave the example of the Estonia. The ship sunk within 15 minutes en 852 people lost their lives. The reason that the passengers were not able to disembark the ship was the inclination of 40 degrees, what made the escape impossible. The solution SSPA thought off was for this particular kind of ship wider side casings improving the dynamic stability drastically. Besides this longitudinal symmetric flooding (by changing the bulkheads) of the ship was thought of a good solution. With damage sustained the ship will have a higher waterline but will not incline. This combined with a redundant engine room will make sure that the ship is able to get to a safe harbour.

After this introduction we were led through the compe. We started at the towingtank that was build in 1940, which was 260 meters long 10 meters wide and 5 meters deep. The water in the tank is 65 years old because SSPA is scared what the emptying of the tank will do to the structural integrity of the tank. The next stop was the large cavitation tunnel where research is done at propellors and profiles. We also were able to see the changing of the testing part of the tunnel. We ended at the wavetank were the movement of ships in waves can be determined. 2 perpendicular were equiped with wavemakers so regular waves with a significant waveheight of 30 cm could be developed. Besides ships, their have also been tests with cars in the water to study streamline profiles along wheelhousings and spoilers. The results were for comparison to windtunnel testing to further improve the design. This ended our visit at SSPA after the traditional farewell we went back to the Apple hotel. In the bus it was proposed to eat in the centre of Ghotenburg to enjoy the pleasant weather with some kind of beverage. The board of Vulcanus went looking for a restaurant to eat. After a refill we enjoyed our meal at the restaurant which was not far from the bar we chose to enjoy the summer sun. Later that evening we enjoyed football and a good band at the Hard Rock café. The match between Brazil an Australia was a good intro into the evening and the band gave the place a good vibe. All with all a good end of the day.

Wednesday Between 8:00 and 9:00 the alarm clock goes off in every room of the Apple hotel that is occupied by participants to our journey. We have until 9:30 to wash up and eat our break-fast, then the bus will depart for the Volvo museum. At 9:30 all participants (twenty-one) are present in the bus according to a particular board member (I will not tell names) and the bus takes off, but who or what is that catching up with us at the right side of the bus? Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it is Prof.

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Stapersma. Laughter is all around and luckily even Prof. Stapersma can see the humor of it all after he joins us. At 10:00 we arrived at the Volvo museum, where we first saw a short movie outlining the history of Volvo. After this we continued our tour through the museum, which is basically a chronological follow-up of personal cars (and engines) developed by Volvo. Also a DAF car is shown which was taken over by Volvo in 1972. At the end of the tour there was a separate room showing models for the future and after this a big hall containing old and new race models, trucks and buses and a Swedish jet fighter plane which was developed by Volvo Aero. The amount of pictures (a lot) is a good indication of how interesting the museum was. At 14:30 we were expected at Volvo Penta, which is slightly more than an hour away. At 12:15 we left the Volvo museum, we ate at the McDonald‟s and we arrived at Volvo Penta in Vara at the expected time.

After a short delay we were welcomed in a conference room. According to our guides the factory was founded in 1976 and produced in that time 77 industrial engines and 78 truck engines. The factory grew slowly over the years. The origins of Volvo Penta go back as far as 1868 when Sköfde

Gjuteri och Mekaniska Verkstad was founded. Manufacture included cast-iron goods and hardware such as boilers, pots and pans, ploughs and threshing machines. Penta itself is actually 5 years older then Volvo, but Volvo bought Penta in 1935 and renamed it Volvo Pentaverken. In 1995 the factory obtained the ISO 9001 certification and the ISO 14001 environment certification as a testcase for the other factories of Volvo. In 2003 the factory was upgraded to produce a new design of the D4 and D6 engine, altogether with a line to convert D3 engines for marine applications.

Current range from the factory: D3 engine 110-190 hp D4 engine 190-260 hp with a production at site of 25 engines a day. D6 engine 310-450 hp with a production at site of 65 engines a day. Current production is achieved with 270 employees at the site. After this introduction we were lead through the factory in three groups.

We started at the storage facility were all the incoming goods where stored except for the incoming cast blocks. The engine casts are coming from Spain and are milled in the factory as soon as there is room in the production process. The engine is divided into 3 main parts Carter, Cylinderhead casing and the rest of the engine block, from where the build of the engine starts. So the next stop was the milling line, just after we saw a robot arm plugging frostplugs into the cylinderhead casings. There is one line which can mill both the D4 as the D6 casts. The only disadvantage is that the line has to be modified to mill a other kind of engine which takes 2 hours. Then the milled blocks where transferred to the first production line, which was a large path of rollers. Here the cylinders and crankshaft where put in place, as well as the flywheel. The

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valves were put in the cylinderhead casing and these where put on top of the engine block. Next the so far completed engine is put on a carry vehicle, which could rotate the engine for easy access to help the builders reach the difficult spots. The carry vehicle was then transported to the second production line, which added the camshaftcover, fuelinjectionsystem, carter, heatexchanger, Turbo and the intercooler. Differentiation between different engines occurs here, for example by putting a different turbo on the engine. Before the next line the engine is tested to check if it is assembled properly and then put on a test bed to run it for a couple of minutes. After this the complete engine is painted green in the paintshop, the engine can also be painted in any color (for example white for luxury yachts) at extra cost. Then the last parts are added oilcan incoming air and fuel tubes. After this the engine is put in a crate and is labeled for shipping. Last part of the tour was a walk trough outgoing goods where all the crates with finished engines were allocated ready for transport. After this we had a small discussing with dr. Stapersma about the monorail fuel system and the return valves on it. Why is there a returnvalve from the injectors and on the monorail itself. After this we gave our guides the traditional gifts and our thanks for the wonderful tour and departed for a new evening in Gothenburg. Now a very important question had to be solved; where shall we go tonight? After we had diner at the hotel a large group of approximately 14 persons gathered at 20:30. We went to the Irish pub where we watched the game Germany – Poland and had some beers. The writer of this article had the pleasant surprise after the game to be asked if he would join the board of Vulcanus next year. Of course I had some thinking to do, but actually I already knew that I would gladly take this opportunity. However this was not the most pleasant surprise of the evening. Because a few hours later an even larger group of participants witnessed a live act of the one and only Dr. Alban (a singing dentist from Sweden!) , an artist which had some hits approximately 10 years ago. This made the night complete and we partied until the early hours.

Thursday After our last and best night in delightful Goteborg, today a company visit was planned at Orust as well as the trip to Oslo, Norway. At 8:00 everyone was present in top-fit shape, the committee was convinced of that. Our „engage and drive‟ head-count, which is something like one, two, twenty-one, was subject to fail per definition from the beginning and a professor (heavily gesturing) joined us just before hitting the highway. After leaving the city of Goteborg, it appeared Sweden still has a lot of quiet landscape. Because of this camping and driving in Sweden is allowed just anywhere, when at least some distance to the nearest settlement is taken into account. This kind of „right for all‟ is something that is not appreciated very much in our crowded Netherlands. During our trip to Orust a

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reindeer was spotted only just after passing a red triangle-shaped road sign suggesting something like a black coffee spill. The reindeer crossed the road just behind us and can really be said to be impressive compared to the stags that we are used to meet sometimes at the „Veluwe‟. Arriving at Orust not all party seems to have noticed the reindeer on the way here, for some kind of reason! On our transit from Göteborg to Oslo, we visited the Najad yard at the beautiful isle of Orust. Surprisingly we were welcomed by a Dutch woman that, together with her husband, runs the yard. Our visit started off with a very interesting presentation of mr. van Winkoop, the owner of the

yard. He told us all about the commercial side of yacht building, and his vision on the company. Najad was founded in 1971 and started as a yacht building yard. The first build Najad is still sailing, which shows the companies focus on quality. In 2004 the yard is taken over by the Dutch couple. At that time about 100 employees were working at the yard, now that amount is already increased to about 160 people! Najad is constantly working on product development to be able to satisfy the high demands of (potential) yacht owners. The product life cycle of yachts is relatively limited, so design

changes should follow shortly. This gives a high pressure on the design and engineering departments, which is why the design is contracted to Judel/Vrolijk yacht design (hull and rigging) and Dick Young designs (interior design). To illustrate the fast design changes: about two new models are launched each year. To be able to satisfy the specific wishes of each separate yacht owner, Najad wants to move their products more and more towards one-off production. By giving the customer the possibility to adjust a „standard‟ yacht to his taste, the product will get more exclusive and the yard will get a strong competitive advantage above the in series produces standard yachts. After the presentation about the commercial side of the company, an engineer told us more about the technical side. In this presentation the problems of yacht design were dealt with, such as a trade off between luxury (which means complexity) and reliability. A yard has the problem that products should stay up-to-date and follow all kinds of new technology. A yacht however has to be very reliable as it is sailing over the world: the yard cannot assist when the yacht is at open sea. Therefore the key systems of the yachts are kept simple and robust, while all kinds of non-essential „gadgets‟ are added

that make life on board easier and more fun, but don‟t harm the yacht‟s safety if they fail. Following this presentation we got a tour around the yard, in small groups where we could actually see and feel the yachts that we heard of during the presentations. The complete process in the yard could be seen, so we got a good picture of the work at Najad. The difference with big shipyards of course is huge, so it was very interesting to see this „other‟ side of shipbuilding. Altogether we had a very nice and interesting visit, and we could head for Oslo with dreams of sailing through Scandinavian waters in our minds. Somewhere near the E6 lunch was taken seriously as well, the Håby special cannot be omitted in this report. Approaching Oslo

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beautiful fjords were passed and the vastitude of the region became clear once again. After dropping us at the Sentrum Pensjonat in Oslo, the bus driver seemed to be in a hurry to get back to Sweden, taking two or three pieces of luggage with him again. After a well suited run, the bus was stopped at a traffic light, the driver (even more in a hurry now) was surprised to find some more trunks in his barge. A splendid outdoor site for tomorrow‟s world match game was found on our way to the city center, a welcome surprise for a country not participating in the tournament. Diner was enjoyed at Aker Brygge, being the modern waterfront of Oslo. The evening was spend watching football in an English pub after which everybody went home early this night in order to be in some kind of shape tomorrow morning for our visit to Det Norske Veritas.

Friday We were welcomed at DNV by an old member of vulcanus, Thomas, who led us to the conference room where we were expected. Here was Pia Schnitler who gave us a presentation about DNV her own Career and the program for the day. DNV is not profit driven so all the money left over after cost is spend on research and education of personnel. The basics of Risk = Frequency x Consequence was highlighted. From here the origin of class was unvealed. Insurrance of vessels used to be difficult, because no ship is the same. The first form of classification was a old captain who checked ships for an insurance the company Lloyds. From this Class was developed to make the demands more organized. The field on which DNV develops was also highlighted. With the Basic departments of Maritime, Certification Technology Services and consulting. After this clear presentation we went to the lab where all the strange cases are investigated. Several investigation instruments were available, even een electronic microsope. Our guide in the lab showed us several cases of damage:

1. Helihub (main rotor) malfunction, one of the slots keeping the rotor was completely torn of. This Helicopter crashed in ±1970. The Cause was a repair which should have made the part last longer but the opposite was true. Through this accident the inspection interval for this hub was made more frequent. After long evaluation of the part in comparison with the fatigue life the inspection intervals where elongated.

2. Thruster bearings that were chipped because of heavy hits of waves. When a ship lays stil and waves are incoming from behind the forces on the axial bearings are really high.

3. A shiphull was damaged over the complete length of the hull (deformation by collision). Not the whole hull was transported to the lab because the ship was about 300 m. Multiple parts were cut out and investigated with the question if the damage was from a iceberg or from rock. DNV thought it to be rock. From this the route was investigated and rockbed was found at the damage depth of the ship.

4. A pipeflange of drillingplatform to connecting the blow out preventer failed. There were no abnormal loads. After investigation the duplex stainless steel appeared to react with the cathodic protection of the rig in combination with high temperatures and saltwater causing the material to change of properties which lead to the failure.

5. Fiberrope, this was a testrope for mooring offshore platforms. The rope can withstand the same force as steelchain, but was much lighter.

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6. On a poster of the lab was a train wagon which had leaked. The carriage contained highly flammable substance. Three bolts failed which led to an accident. Re-regulation was necessary to prevent further accidents for these kind of transports.

7. Another poster showed a case of a crash of a twin otter Turboprop airplane. The crash was covered in secrecy by the military. DNV was called to investigate which warning lights where on at the dashboard when the plane crashed, so more information could be revealed to obtain the cause of the crash.

After these examples in the lab we were guided through the rest of the lab where the press and pull (+fatigue) test benches were allocated. Several test were in progress or build up like: LNG tank for testing on sloshing, pipeline testing, new duplex stainless steel testing with cathodic interaction for case 4. After the tour through the labs we were brought back to the conference room for a short presentation about new class for naval ships. This was done by Michiel van de Geest who is an ex-RNLN employee. Because of current cost cutback safety is in danger for naval ships, because regulation for build and safety is in own hands. Still it is hard for the military to accept an extern regulator for safety. Idea is to classify ships with civil rules and for the exceptions to give the responsibility to prove the validity of the alternative. After a short coffee break, there was another presentation by Frans Paardekoper about the life of a Surveyor. Working language is English. Positive things in a surveyors life: free lunches and diners, nice colleagues, a lot of personal contact/negotiation and a lot of diversity. The negative points in a surveyors life: no 9-5 job, lot of travel (negative?), dirty work (crawling through ballast tanks etc.), sometimes rally small places to check and lonely (this was not supported by Frans) The kind of surveys are made are annual(1 yr), intermediate(2,5 yr) and renewal(5 yr) surveys. But Also Statuary surveys(IOPP, load line etc.), damage surveys, repair surveys and new build surveys. Communication between all different parties is the biggest time consumer of a surveyor, often it is hard to get agreement from everybody. Although this is not the task of a surveyor it is necessary to fulfill al the goals that have to be achieved. After this a short presentation of Thomas Dirks and his work for DNV. He works on Machinerey ship operations which actually is the help post for surveyors with difficulties as well as the control post for the surveyors (not officially). Kim Rolfsen gave a short presentation for the possibilities within DNV for traineeships for the interested students. And invited us for a delicious lunch. After lunch we gave our guides the traditional gifts and our thanks for the wonderful tour and departed for a new evening in Oslo. After visiting Det Norke Veritas, the group took a short bus trip to the Viking museum.

The museum houses the three best preserved Viking ships of the world; the Oseberg, Gokstad and the Tune, named after the place where they were found in the fjord of Oslo. The ships were excavated from large burial mounts. The function of the ship was to carry the deceased (often a female) to the „other world‟. The ships were carrying a large amount of objects, such as weapons, jewellery, wagons, horses, a sledge, textile,

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etc. These objects were also shown in the museum. The jewellery was however missing, because grave robbers from ancient time already visited the ship. The fact the oak vessels have preserved for over a 1000 years is due to the clay which they are buried in. Viking comes from the word „Vik,‟ which means bay or bight. There the men lie in wait of a ship in passing to deprive the ship of there objects of value. But the Vikings were not only waiting in a corner to get their goodies. They scour large parts of Europe and the north of America. Doing that, they also visited often churches and monasteries (not for religious reasons). Monks could write, and wrote often a rapport about the surprise visit. According to the museum, this is the reason why the Vikings have such a bad image. They were not the barbarians we imagine ourselves. The „Langskipet‟ and the journeys they undertook produce the evidence. A journey would require a large organisation and a lot of preparation. The trip was, just like the Vulcanus trip, sponsored. There was a shortage of farmland at the time of the Vikings. Farmers in the surrounding gave money and provide services to the Vikings for the search of new land. Although these noble intentions of the Vikings, communication between the local population was often with a bat. Women got a special treatment. If the Vikings were barbarians or not, they could build lovely ships. After the visit to the Viking museum the group travelled back to the hostel to change the formal outfit for a cheerful orange one. That evening, the Dutch national football team played against the Ivory coast. A nice enclosed field with a big screen and stands for food and drinks was chosen to watch the game. A couple of other Dutch fans (and a police officer) joint the

group. The game was followed with a lot of emotion and was won by the Netherlands. To inform the whole of Oslo of this fact, the group roamed the streets, making as much noise as possible on the way. Enthusiastic woman were rewarded with a Dutch flag on their cheeks. At a concert the group stopped for a moment and a thirst-quenching refreshment was taken in café Amsterdam. The parade was then resumed and when everybody threatened to lose their voice, the Hardrock café was entered. After the Hardrock café the Sportscafe was visited were the group kept their position till late in the evening.

Saturday Saterday morning started out as a difficult day for some people after the victory of Holland Friday evening and the party afterward. After a good meal, we gathered at 10:00 for the busses and drove to the airport mandoeran. This was a 45 min drive with again the view of the beautiful countryside of Norway. Checking in at the airport was done within 20 minutes. Within 10 minutes through customs was possible although some people even had to take off their shoes to check it in x-ray. After some coffee and discussion about last week it was 12:25, time for the flight back to the Netherlands. After a short and comfortable flight we landed safely on schiphol and our group splitted up and we all went home. The end of a succesfull studytour!

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Financial account

Hotels

Apple hotel Goteburg

21p * 3n € 1.798,27

Participants

participants RNLNC Sentrum Pensjonat Oslo

8 * €271,90 € 2.175,20 21p * 2n € 1.637,28

participants DUT staff Lunches and diners € 2.544,77

4 * €271,90 € 1.087,60

Various

participants DUT students program booklet and travel report € 381,32

9 * €50,00 € 450,00

presents visited companies € 195,54

entry Volvomuseum Goteburg € 62,40

Sponsoring entry Vikingmuseum Oslo € 86,50

industry (NL) € 3.500,00

university fund € 360,00 transaction costs € 69,61

cancelling participants € 550,00

Dispuut Vulcanus debet € 274,11

Total income € 7.572,80 Total costs € 7.325,69

Dispuut Vulcanus / RNLNC Studytour 2006

Income Costs

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Sponsors

The Study tour 2006 was made possible by sponsor contributions of the following companies and institutions. We would like to show our gratitude to these sponsors, while without their generous gifts the study tour would not have been possible. IHC Holland Merwede Postbus 204 3360 AE Sliedrecht www.ihcholland.com De Voogt Naval Architects Postbus 5238 2000 GE Haarlem

Huisman-Itrec Postbus 150 3100 AD Schiedam www.huisman-itrec.com

Damen Shipyards Group Postbus 1 4200 AA Gorinchem www.damen.nl

http://www.ihcholland.com/

http://www.huisman-itrec.com/

http://www.damen.nl/

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Gusto Postbus 11 3100 AA Schiedam www.ihcgusto.nl

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