Sea Term 2009: Captain's Blog
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! Our intrepid reporter aboard TS Kennedy, 1/C Peter Beuth, has recorded Valentines Day greetings and photos from about one hundred and fifty participants in this year's Sea Term. To see if there is one for you, click on this link: Valentines Link "Love's way of dealing with us is different from conscience's way. Conscience commands; love inspires. What we do out of love, we do because we want to do it. Love is, indeed, one kind of desire; but it is a kind that takes us out of ourselves and carries us beyond ourselves, in contrast to the kind that is self-seeking - a kind that includes the desire for the "extinguishedness" of Nirvana. Love is freedom; conscience is constraint; yet, in two points, our relation to love is the same as our relation to conscience. We are free to reject love's appeal, as we are free to reject conscience's command; yet love, like conscience, cannot be rebuffed with impunity. Rebuffed, love will continue to importune us; and this for the reason for which a violated conscience does. Love's authority, like conscience's, is absolute. Like conscience, too, love needs no authentication or validation by any authority outside itself. Speculations about love's credentials, or lack of credentials, cannot either enhance or diminish love's absoluteness."
-A.J. (Arnold Joseph) Toynbee, British historian. Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone!
0800 ET/1300 GMT Position
In Port, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI
USTS Kennedy's updated track: Sailwx Track Air Temperature 28.0 C
Sea Temperature 24.3 C
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Division IV Watch Here is a LINK to a story about the TS Kennedy's visit in the local St. Thomas paper: St. Thomas Source A Truly International Business Co-Operative
by Cadet 2/C Wilfredo Rodriguez Hello from Guayaquil, Ecuador. I'm currently completing my internship in Ecuador with my host company, Navipac S.A. Navipac is the first and largest private shipping company in Ecuador. It is dedicated to inshore and offshore fuel transportation of petroleum products. The company owns and operates eight motor tanker vessels. It moves one million metric tons of petroleum annually. How did I get this unique opportunity in Ecuador? I have to give the thanks to Mr. Ernesto Escobar and Dr. Ghosh for making this all possible. Mr. Escobar, a Massachusetts Maritime Academy Alumni (Marine Engineering 1995), has taken me into his home and has treated me with the most respect and support. In the first couple of week of my internship I was working in the Fleet Management department with the Fleet Manager, Mr. Escobar. I've worked on updating Q88 (Voyage Chartering Questionnaire 1988) and VPQ (Vessel Particulars Questionnaire). I've learned how much work it takes to keep a vessel operating...all the documentation and certificates a vessel most comply with. I've have also worked with excel on numerous occasions, working on files such as: Inventory, ship's budget, ship's monthly and annual cost of maintnance, number of tons of oil delivered to my port and by ship, etc. Thanks to Prof. Dasgupta's extensive use of excel in his courses, I've been able to manage every excel assignment. Also, my internship has taken me away from the office. For one week I went to La Libertad, a port where the company's vessels anchor out. During this week I went on board the Tankers and performed numerous jobs. For instance, one day I accompanied surveyors from Lloyds Register. On this day they performed an inspection of the ships ballast tanks looking for corrosion, damages, or anything unusual which would make the vessel unsafe. On another vessel I learned how to measure the cargo in the cargo tanks and all the factors taken into account to arrive to the right measurement. One of the days I also witness the replacement of the anchor and its chains. I have also served as a translator Spanish/English. Most recently, I've been working with a new department, the Project Department. Navipac with EcoEnergy Solutions is working together on a project on Emulsified Fuels. The project consists of mixing diesel with water and chemicals which will lead to Ecuador importing less diesel and improving their environment. For the Project, I've been reviewing the business plan of the project, looking at cash flows and Profit and Loss's. The project is pretty big. It's been real interesting seeing how the project has been planned, the subject matter discusses in meetings, and the business aspect of the project. If the project is a success, I can say I was part of a project which would save Ecuador hundreds of millions of dollars a year! Upon graduation my goal is to manage operations of vessels. Unfortunatly, I haven't been able to see the operations of Navipac but I have learned what is involved in order for operations to set forth. And the knowledge of this with my studies in International Maritime Business make me more confident about my position upon graduation. There's still much to be learned. I can say at this point, everything learned and experienced at MMA has helped me in every aspect of my internship in Ecuador. LINKS:
Official MMA Photography
Christiaan Conover Blog Page
Buzzards Bay Weather
MMA Parents Association Departure Photos
Cape Cod Times Online Departure Photos
217 Photos of TS Kennedy's Arrival in Tampa
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Commander Stephen Kelleher
508-830-6485 (daytime)
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Captain Allen Hansen
508-269-0925
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