Quarterly December 2011 - Odfjell

sea and shore
ODFJELL QUARTERLY magazine
Education through play and learning
By Susanne Andersen
In September this year, at the science
mediation event in Bergen, our handsome
‘Odfjell crew’ created a stir amongst the
spectators at the maritime stand.
During Science week 23 and 24 September,
and based on this year’s theme “Chemistry”,
children and young people were able to get
an exciting glimpse of our world-leading
maritime cluster and chemical tankers capital
in Bergen.
In cooperation with the Maritime Forum and
Bergen Shipowners’ Association, we showed
the complexity of loading a chemical tanker.
We made people aware that although it is not
It was a good visual problem-solving exercise that highlighted the importance of knowledge and safety when working with
transportation of chemicals as it clearly showed that some chemicals could not be sorted next to each other because they
may react.
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Using the Odfjell crew wall, visitors were able to see how
they would look as an Odfjell captain or a crew member.
something most people think about, most
of our daily products and goods are linked
to chemicals in some way. We created a task
using an example tanker, where adults and
children had to determine how to load nine
different chemicals into one tanker without
the chemicals reacting to each other.
Participants were impressed when they
learned how Odfjell, a world-leading shipping
company, can safely and securely carry up to
50 different chemicals at a time, due to their
expertise and development in this field and
their highly technical ships.
More than one hundred people visited the
maritime stand and through a combination
of play and learning they were able to see just
why Norway has become world champions
at sea!
Odfjell Makana takes on South African cadets
By Thomas Nagelsen
It was with great excitement we signed our first two South
African cadets on board the Bow Victor in Durban on 11
September. Sisanda and Mbaba studied at the University of
Cape Town and will now gain a ‘practical education’ on board.
This is the first time we have recruited South African cadets into
our fleet. Over the next couple of years Sisanda and Mbaba will
obtain the seagoing experience required to get their certification
as deck officers. Hopefully this is just the start of a project that will
be beneficial both to Odfjell Makana as well as help create jobs
and develop skills in South Africa.
It was encouraging to see the enthusiasm Sisanda and Mbaba
showed upon boarding, where they were welcomed by Captain
Ebeltoft and his crew.
We wish our new cadets the best of luck with their training and
their career at sea. We would also like to thank the South African
Maritime Training Agency for their help and assistance.
Sisanda, Captain Ebeltoft, Mbaba and Thomas Nagelsen on board Bow Victor
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