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TRAVEL REPORT MBE 2014 S.G. “William Froude”

Dear Reader,

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The Scheepsbouwkundig Gezelschap “William Froude” is de study association of Maritime Technology at the technical university of Delft. For a 110 years our study association acts on behalf of our students. S.G. “William Froude” has been involved in monitoring and improving the quality of the education.

Next to this also supports its members by organizing excursions, guest lectures, social activities and other means to support its members in their acadamic career. The S.G. “William Froude offers its members the opportunity to discover the many aspects, possibilities and developments of the maritime industry in the nethelands and abroad.

Each year S.G. “William Froude” organizes a couple of day excursions, two day excursions, lunchlectures and also a two day casetour. The hightlight of the year is the tour abroad. For a week we will take a look at the industry of a foreign country. But we will also take a look at the culture of the country.

This year we went to Italy. There are some similarities between The Netherlands and Italy. We are both specialised in the yacht building. But the Italian industry knows much more about cruise shipping and is one of the most important harbours of the Mediterranean sea.

So we were very excited to introduce our students in the Italian maritime industry and educational program.

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From the 3rd of May untill the 10th of May we discovered the Maritime Industry. I think I can speak for everybody when I say we really enjoyed the trip and felt very welcome in the Italian Maritime industry.

At last I want to thank everybody who made this amazing trip possible. I hope you will enjoy reading this travel report.

Met Luide Plonsch/ With Loud Splash, Vera Wieleman Commissioner Excursion

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Preface 2 Program 6 participants 7 RINA 8 University of Genova

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Naval Mare 16 Ferretti Group 19 Costa Concordia 22 INSEAN 26 Thanks to 30

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Sunday: Genova Monday: RINA University of Genova Tuesday: Cinque Terre Wednesday: Naval Mare Ferretti Group Thursday: Islo del Giglio Friday: INSEAN Saterday: Roma

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Board

Richard Burger Jeanine Oudshoorn Martijn Obers Hedde van der Weg Vera Wieleman

Students

Egbert Kooij Danielle Roos Jan Hoek Siemon Keij Niek Teeuwen Dominique Smit Daan Geldermans Jarno Kuipers Marijke Kommers Casper van Nie Bart Diesveld Robin Berendschot Joost van der heiden Christiaan Brekelmans Dimitri Holtkamp

Julian de Kat Coen de Korte Kevin Luthe Kevin Drenthe Huibert Jan Verbaan Koen Batteram Sara van Duyn Eefje Vredeveldt Lauren Mekke Salomon Brummel Jurrit Bergsma Laurette Bronswijk Mieke van Dort Ruben Zoutewelle

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P a r t i c i p a n t s

RINA By: Egbert Kooij & Jan Hoek

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On our first active day of the study trip to Italy, organized by the student association S.G. “William Froude�, we sailed out to RINA, a world-wide classificationand certification company, situated in Genoa. At arrival, we were asked politely to hand in our passports in exchange for some green keycoards which made us recognizable during our stay. After we had all been shifted to the 8th floor by elevator or stairs, the presentation started.

Mister Dogliani welcomed us at RINA and commenced with a general company presentation, about their history, all their activities and showed us some interesting graphs and numbers about recent shipdata.

To our surprise, we discovered that the RINA Group

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Company was capable of much more than just classification and certification. With her own testing and inspection services and engineering facilities, it has certainly grown to a versatile and modern company with a progressive spot in the future. The products of RINA do not only benefit the maritime industry, but are since a while also active in the energy-, environment-, transport,- and infrastructure sector, which clearly increases her competitive position.

After the corporate presentation, Mr. Dogliani gave us an insight in the maritime industry and how the economy could influence the sector in different ways.

The upcoming regulations might change the maritime world a lot. Nevertheless Mr. Dogliani was hopeful for a bright future.

After the presentations of Mr. Dogliani, we were led to an adjacent room where a tasty lunch was being served.

From some excellent pasta to Carpaccio, salads and a tasteful local wine, with sea view and sunny weather, there wasn’t a thing where the RINA Group Company had not thought about.

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Our visit to the RINA Group was interesting, and made us excited for the rest of the week.

We would like to thank the RINA Group and in special Mr. Dogliani for giving us the opportunity to gain more knowledge on the theoretical side of the maritime industry, and of course for the time they had spent on us during our visit. It has definitely opened our eyes so we may conclude that the world of classification and certification is more challenging than we had ever expected and that the RINA Group excels in this sector and many more.

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University of genova By: Joost van der Heiden & Jarno Kuipers

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After an impressing morning at RINA Group we continued to the University of Genova. Upon arrival we received a warm welcome from professor Podenzana.

Once we got inside the faculty and were seated in a classroom we were told that we were a bit overdressed what caused a little cultural shock. In Italy it isn’t usual for student to dress as formal as we did.

The professor started with a presentation about the University of Genova and how the study of naval architecture is formed. It was very interesting to see that the university is very similar to our own university but at the same time very different. For example: in Delft we share a faculty with mechanical engineering and in Genova they have a faculty of their own. The content of the curriculum in Genova is almost the same as in Delft, also the amount of students which attend naval architecture is almost the same. It was very nice to see that the professors were also interested in how it goes in Delft.

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The presentation was followed by a tour of the faculty. One of the things that was showed to us was a research lab. In the lab they had all kinds of facility’s to perform experiments of all kinds. We also got a short demonstration of one of their projects. A robot that is able to move along a flat surface using suckers and air pressure.

Once back inside they had two presentations prepared for us. Both from a PHD student. Each about their own subject of research. These presentations where interesting to follow and we think that everybody learned something new. During those presentations we discovered that the engineers in Italy are using the same programs such as Matlab and Simulink to perform their calculations.

After the presentations performed by the two PHD students the group was divided into two smaller groups.

Thee first group got an tour to the cavitation tunnel. Here they got an explanation of the working of the cavitation tunnel. The researchers also turned on the cavitation tunnel and so that we could see the cavitation tunnel in action, at the same time the researchers explained the activities and 13

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research that was done.

At the same time the second group got some time to drink some coffee and soda, eat some local specialties and an opportunity to talk with the professors, PHD students and students about the study in Italy. During these conversations we talked about the difference between the study in Italy and The Netherlands. We discovered also that there is a second study in that is specialised in making yachts.

When this interesting afternoon had come to an end we were thanked gratefully for our visit to the university and our interest for the study of naval architecture in Genova.

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Naval mare By: Niek Teeuwen & Dominique Smit

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After we all had a good Tuesday at Cinque Terre, today was time to visit some companies. After a couple of difficult manoeuvres with the coach through a narrow street and a serie of pleasure yachts we arrived at Naval Mare.

Federico albano welcomes us warmly at the yard. While having a glass of water, in the meeting hall we listen to tthree different presentations. The first one told us a general story of the company. It seemed they have a big variety of projects. They are mainly busy with offshore structures. But besides that they also build several LNG-carriers, container cranes and even a megayacht.

These are just a couple of projects which are all build

by Naval Mare.

With a lot of enthousiasm they explain us how they build jackets, platforms and the biggest floating power station of the world.

Secondly, the safety officers tells proudly about all the safety prices Naval Mare has won over the years.

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He aslo tells about all the procedures on the yard and how they control the safety of the personel.

The last presentation was given by one of the engineers of Navel Mare. He promised us not to give a boring presentation, but he would give us a virtual tour through the platform we could see out of the window.

It seemed a normal platform, but the opposite is truth.

The whole platform is made of high tensile steel, which resulted in three-day-long-welding procedure. Besides that, this platform will do the drilling and the pumping of the oil.

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After this three presentations it was time to make a tour around the yard. Several of the barracks didn’t look very well. They explained us that these are ‘Cultural heritage’. For the yard it is very difficult to renew these buildings, because of the Italian Government. Besides the virtual tour we also had the opportunity to set foot on the platform. In two different groups we turned the platform inside out and stare our eyes out. In our suits we moved from the bottom untill the top of the structure. To have a nice view of the yard from the roof of the structure.

At the end we learned some facts about Naval Mare.

Naval Mare built the platform which is supporting the Costa Concordia, which we are going to visit later that week. Naval Mare is also the owner of the presidential ship of Truman. It was totally covered in rust. They won’t throw it away because of the emotional value. It will cost about 20 million to recover it!

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Ferretti group By: Daniellle Roos & Siemon Keij

Ferretti is a shipbuildingcompany that’s specialized in the production of luxurious motor yachts, with clients from all over the world.

Whether you would like to possess a racing machine or maybe a nice luxurious yacht to cruise with along the coastline, Ferretti can build it.

Our journey led us to La Spezia, where one of the yards of the Ferretti group is located. Having arrived, we were received by the manager of the yard. After a short introduction movie and a presentation about the Ferretti-group, we we’re given the possibility to ask him all our questions. Afterwards, it was time for us to put on our safety helmets and discover the yard.

Among the things on the yard we visited were the paint shop and the assembly-hall, where the ships are essentially ‘built’. We even were granted permission to set foot on some of the luxury yachts that were due to be delivered to the customer in merely a couple of weeks. This 19

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The Ferrettigroup builds ships than can travel up to 45 kts, which is very fast for a private luxury yacht. This speed can be attained by the use of fiberglass in the construction of the ship. The fiberglass hulls are produced by big molds. However, using fiberglass also means that a lot of shapes in the ships design are already fixed. This means that the ship’s interior plan is already practically fixed, as is the hull shape. Nevertheless, the future owner of the ship can make some minor changes in those shapes, as he pleases.

The boats built in La Spezia are middle-sized. Their lengths can vary between 20 and 40 meters. The hulls that are used for these yachts are readily delivered to the shipyard. This means that the construction of the ship actually consists of assembling all the different parts, like a jigsawpuzzle. The superstructure is placed upon the hull, and the boat will be completely outfitted. The end product is a customized, high-quality luxury yacht.

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This yard has the capacity to build about 10 ships at once. This means that a lot of processes are going on at the same time. Not only does this yard build ships, it also takes on re-outfitting-jobs and reparations for already operating ships of Ferretti customers. The Ferretti-group in La Spezia launches about 10 new ships a year in total.

Clearly, the Ferretti-group is a very diverse company, which we saw signs of all over the yard. It was a very nice experience to see this kind of shipbuilding - by using molds - in action. We would like to thank the Ferretti Group for their hospitality.

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Costa concordia By: Koen Batteram & Dimitri Holtkamp

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The alarms rang around 5 o’clock because we had to wake up early to leave la Spezia for a new destination. Porto Santo Stefano was reached around 11 am, to set sail for Isola del Giglio. A destination that would normally never be very interesting for us maritime students, but on the 13th of January 2012 a big cruise ship stranded on a rock next to it.

While sailing towards the island, everybody was a little excited. “Is that it?” someone said, “no that’s just a rock”. But then, slowly but steady, it occurred on the horizon. A big grey looking thing that was obviously not floating. As we came closer people started taking pictures.

At first just Egbert with his huge telelens, but a few minutes later the first “Costa-selfies” were made. It was a weird looking thing, people being exciting over a big shipwreck where more than 30 people lost their lives. But for us maritime 22

students it was a interesting thing to see such a huge salvage operation in progress.

Not that much was happening though, there were some ships and constructions around the wreck, we didn’t see much movement.

Arriving on the island everybody made their own way in the direction of the wreck. Some found a good swimming spot close to it. But unfortunately we couldn’t reach it by water. Others climbed a small mountain to have a better view over the Costa Concordia, that had a huge dent in its starboard side. After an hour we just had lunch since we couldn’t do anything more than just looking at the wreck.

It was the 12th of January, 2012. The Costa Concordia was cruising next to the coast of Italy when the captain decided to divert from its course to show the passengers the scenic Isla del Giglio. But when sailing close to the island, they hit a rock and the power went out for a 23

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little while. He told the panicking passengers that it was nothing, but meanwhile he heard from his crew that there was a 70 meter tear and that three compartments were leaking, including the engine and generator’s. Passengers started to contact relatives, who on their turn called the police and the coast guard was informed.

The captain told the coast guard that everything was alright, but they didn’t trust the situation and decided to take a look. The ship started to capsize and a rescue operation was set up. Many people survived but unfortunately not all of them.

After a few relaxing and sunny hours on the beautiful island we made our way back to the Italian mainland.

The boat trip was a good moment to take a little nap in the sun, and think about all we had seen that day. Once we were back, everybody went in to the bus and fell asleep. To wake up in Rome a few hours later.

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insean By: Mieke van Dort

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On Friday May 9th, we visited our last company of the study trip, INSEAN. INSEAN is an institute for hydrodynamic research similar to MARIN in the Netherlands. We were welcomed by the director who brought us to a conference room where we listened to a presentation about the institute.

Some facts and figures: • INSEAN was founded in 1927 as a part of CNR (national research council) • CNR consists of 110 institutes divided in 7 categories.

INSEAN is part of the engineering division • 145 people are working at the institute, 65 of which are researchers • INSEAN has been doing research, among others, for the American navy and America’s cup • Focus is on numerical and experimental research • All simulation codes are developed in-house • In 2013 20 projects were carried out on maritime and aerodynamic topics

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After we heard everything about the institute, we had a tour through the modern facilities which are used to do research.

First we visited the hull model workshop where all wooden ship models are built by hand with the help of a milling machine.

These models are used for research in the two towing tanks. The shorter towing tank has a length of 220m, the large one is 470m long and has a depth of 6.5m.

We had a ride on the carriage of the larger tank. At the other end we went off to see a special test facility that is used to simulate air crashes on the water surface.

It consists of a railway with a carriage beneath that is mounted to two elastics. When the carriage is released it crashes into the water due to the elastic forces. We saw some pictures and movies of the process and it was an impressive view. Both aluminum and carbon fiber plates have been tested.

The next stop was a huge circulation water tunnel with a free surface. This channel is used for tests on cavitation, propeller performance, hull pressure fluctuations, rudder performance and many other measurements. The test section is 10m long, 3.6m wide and has a depth of 2.2m.

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A delicious lunch was served and then we went back to the conference room to try and solve a challenging case study on the flow around a vertically placed foil. We had to solve three questions on this subject and had about one and a half our to solve the problems. To solve the case we theoretically could use all facilities in INSEAN. For example the first question was about where to do the testing, in de towing tank or in the circulation water tunnel, what are the advantages and disadvantages?

After all we presented our results to the group and to INSEAN, who gave us help full feedback on our results.

The case wasn’t easy but we’ve learned a lot! Finally we’ve received a certificate for taking part.

We really enjoyed our visit and maybe some of us will come back in the future to study or work at INSEAN.

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Without our sponsors this amazing study trip never would have taken place. Therefore we would like to thank them for their support

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