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Postgraduate training in Hydrography
As from next academic year, the Antwerp Maritime Academy will organise a postgraduate training in Hydrography.
This initiative will be presented during an Information Session to be held on Saturday 3 March 2012.
Currently over 300 hydrographic surveyors are active in Belgium.
They are employed by both governmental organisations (Flemish Hydrographic Office, Economic Affairs, Flanders Hydraulic Research, the Port Authorities) and the industry (offshore, dredging, underwater project development, etc.).
Recent research has shown that about 35 new hydrographic surveyors are needed annually in Belgium if the industry is to keep pace with demand. On a global scale the shortage of hydrographic surveyors is even greater.
The Antwerp Maritime Academy is responding to this need by establishing postgraduate elementary courses in hydrography as from September 2012 and postgraduate advanced courses in hydrography as from September 2013. For this reason a special entity, the Institute for Hydrography, has been created within the organization.
The lecturers of the courses are all specialised in their field. They are affiliated to the Antwerp Maritime Academy, the University of Ghent, Flanders Hydraulic Research, the Flemish Hydrographic Office and the industry at large.
All courses are fundamentally based upon the “Standards of Competence” of the International Hydrographic Organization (www.iho.int).
The Hydrography courses will be presented during an Information Session at the Antwerp Maritime Academy on Saturday 3 March 2012 at 14.00 h.
An Invitation to the information session can be downloaded here.
To register please fill out the Registration Form which can be downloaded here.
Film sessions on Advanced Maritime Ecology
In the framework of our Advanced Maritime Ecology course, 2 film sessions followed by Q&A with experts in the field, will be held at the aula Ortelius at the Academy.
All students, professors and interested parties are welcome.
First session on Monday 27 February 2012 at 19.30 h: Six Degrees could change the World.
Second session on Tuesday 6 March 2012 at 19.30 h: The End of the Line.
27 February 2012: SIX DEGREES COULD CHANGE THE WORLD (52 min)
Six Degrees is an extraordinary journey into our planet's future, to explore the potential impacts of global warming degree-by-degree through six degrees Celsius over the next 100 years.
As the mercury rises, what could the next century of climate change really look and feel like?
Super-realistic computer graphics, stunning high definition imagery and the world's most remote and spectacular locations provide an unprecedented preview into a potentially catastrophic future.
Filmed on five continents, Six Degrees tracks the world's top climate researchers and follows ranchers, photographers and everyday people to uncover the signs of climate trends affecting the planet today. Each potential degree of temperature rise might jeopardise life as we know it on Earth. From Greenland's ice sheet to tropical coral reefs, from Himalayan glaciers to the Amazon rainforest come chilling first hand accounts of climate change already underway and evidence of more to come as global warming impacts the lives of ordinary people.
Six Degrees follows scientists on the frontlines - racing to understand the implications of climate change through sophisticated computer models, satellite measurements, ice core analyses and other methods.
Over 50 stunning high definition computer graphics depict amazing science and dramatic climate forecasts if the planet's average temperature continues to rise over the next century. The planetary impact of each degree-change hits home with ultra-vivid CGI of cities, ecosystems and entire regions transformed.
The journey of Six Degrees concludes with an examination of solutions, both great and small, that we can use to defuse the global warming time bomb.
Narrated by Alec Baldwin.
6 March 2012: THE END OF THE LINE (85 min)
Documentary filmmaker Rupert Murray examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues that drastic action must be taken to reverse these trends. Narrator is Ted Danson.
In the film we see firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food.
It examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation.
Filmed over two years, The End of the Line follows the investigative reporter Charles Clover as he confronts politicians and celebrity restaurateurs, who exhibit little regard for the damage they are doing to the oceans.
One of his allies is the former tuna farmer turned whistleblower Roberto Mielgo – on the trail of those destroying the world's magnificent bluefin tuna population.
Filmed across the world – from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market – featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, The End of the Line is a wake-up call to the world.
Reünie alumni promotie 1961
Oud-studenten van de Hogere Zeevaartschool organiseerden een reünie in het Scandic Crown hotel in Antwerpen.
Het versturen van de uitnodigingen vergde heel wat opzoekwerk maar uiteindelijk kon toch een twintigtal alumni van de promotie 1961 op 19 november voor een gezellig etentje samengebracht worden.
HZS alumni “Meet & Greet” in Brussels
The Alumni Association organised a “Meet & Greet” at the Harbour Masters’ Office of the Port of Brussels.
The meeting in Brussels was primarily aimed at our French speaking members.
Harbour Master Luc Delprat (see picture) delivered a lively presentation of the port, which offers a valuable contribution to the distribution of goods for Belgium’s largest urban area.
The port can receive ships of 4,500 tonnes, has 12 km of quays and an area of 85 ha.
In 2010 almost 4.4 million tonnes of cargo were handled at the port.
Traffic flow to Flemish seaports was central theme of the Alumni Autumn Meeting
Jacques D’Havé was invited by the Alumni Association of our academy to present the nautical services offered by the Flemish Government. Mr D’Havé is head of the MDK Agency (part of the Flemish Ministry of Mobility and Public Works), which oversees various nautical departments.
Most of his paper was devoted to the integrated nautical coordination of traffic flow to the Flemish seaports. The growth in cargo handling and the scale increase of ships, pose specific problems. After consulting with all stakeholders, a system has been implemented to limit the delays of ships sailing to and from the seaports, optimize the pilot’s services, improve communication, etc.
Mr Jacques D’Havé, guest speaker at the Alumni Autumn Meeting
Yachtsman Michel Kleinjans guest at the HZS Alumni meeting
Guest at the meeting of the HZS Alumni on 25 March 2010 was Michel Kleinjans.
Mr Kleinjans studied at the Antwerp Maritime Academy but instead of becoming a merchant marine officer, he became a world renowned yachtsman.
His biggest achievement was undoubtedly winning the Portimão Global Ocean Race, the famous solo sailing-race around the world.
Mr Kleinjans left the Portuguese port aboard his yacht, the Roaring Forty, on 12 October 2008 for a trip of 33,000 sea miles (about 61,000 km). He sailed via Cape Town, Wellington, Cape Horn, Ilhabela (Brazil) to Charleston (USA), and from there back to Portimão (arriving on 25 June 2009).
During the Alumni meeting, Mr Kleinjans (left) was interviewed by journalist Jorgen Muylaert.
Port of Ghent CEO guest of the Antwerp Maritime Academy Alumni Association
Daan Schalck, the newly appointed Managing Director of the Port of Ghent, was guest speaker at the Autumn Meeting of the HZS Alumni.
In 2008, the Port of Ghent handled a seaborne cargo traffic of 27 million tonnes, which was a 7.7% increase compared to the previous year. Ghent is also an important inland navigation port (20 million tonnes in 2008).
The main challenge for the port is its accessibility for larger ships. A new sea lock is planned at Terneuzen (entrance of the canal to Ghent), enabling “new Panamax” sized ships to call at the port.
For inland navigation a link will be developed with the Seine-Nord Europe Canal, providing better access to the industry zones in Northern France and Paris.
Mr Daan Schalck, addressing the HZS Alumni