ONMA BULLETIN
	ODESA NATIONAL MARITIME ACADEMY QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
	№ 4	January-March 2010 2010

On the 20th of January 2010 Odesa National Maritime Academy opened its doors for school leavers for the first time this year. School leavers had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Academy during one day. The programme of the day was although very rich.

At 2 o'clock p.m. everyone had the chance to talk to the First Deputy Rector of the Academy A.N. Shemiakin, to the deans of ONMA faculties, to the director of Training and Methodical Centre of Pre-Higher School Education M.M. Kornodudov, to the Executive Secretary of the enrolment board of ONMA O.A. Golikov. An excursion was made to show the visitors the academic buildings and training simulators which are placed at the faculties of the Academy, the library and etc.

Then all who wished could visit the museum and learn the history of Odesa National Maritime Academy.

School leavers and their parents were given printed materials about our educational establishment and were shown the movie about the Academy.

We hope that all this can proof that the higher education given by Odesa National Maritime Academy is up-to-date and demanded.

Good luck!

M.Kornodudov,
the director of Training and Methodical
Centre of Pre-Higher School Education

 

At the end of January 400 graduates of Sea Navigation Faculty, Maritime and Inland Waterway Navigation Faculty, Marine Engineering Faculty, Automation Faculty, Electrical Engineering and Radio Electronics Faculty were employed during the ceremony of job assignment. The ceremony took place at the Hall of the Academic Council of Odesa National Maritime Academy.

This event is traditional and solemn for the Academy. Annually it is visited by the representatives of the best shipping companies which always welcome the ONMA cadets.

Every cadet knows that the diploma of ONMA is the guarantee of high quality knowledge of national and world standard.

The academy is proud of its graduates.

O.Sobolev,
the head of Operational and Technical
Department of Training Ships,
Onboard Training and
Employment Assistance

 

From the 11^th to the 15^th of January 2010 the 41^st Session of Sub-committee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping for Seafarers took place at the Head-quarters of the International Maritime Organization under the United Nations Organization.

Ukraine was represented by the delegation comprised of Y.M. Mikhailenko (the director of Odesa Regional Branch of Inspectorate for Training and Certification of Seafarers), by G.G. Sobolevskyi (the director of Mariupol Regional Branch of Inspectorate for Training and Certification of Seafarers), K.L. Billiar (the representative of Ukraine in the International Maritime Organization), Professor V.M. Zakharchenko (the Deputy Rector on Scientific and Pedagogical Work of Odesa National Maritime Academy).

The following issues were considered at the session: approval of model courses, the illegal use of certificates, competence of diplomas. They also discussed the principals of ships' crewing arrangement safe level, ships' security measures, the implementation of electronic navigation and other issues.

The prime issue of the 41^st Session was the consideration of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). As a result a project of the new edition of STCW Convention was approved. The official confirmation of STCW Convention new edition should take place at the Diplomatic conference from the 21st to the 25th of June 2010 in Manila (the Philippines).

Professor V.M. Zakharchenko was a member of the working group on elaboration and implementation of standards of training and certification for ships' electricians (electrical engineers). The working group also included the representatives of the delegations of Great Britain, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Poland, France and Switzerland.

During the work of the 41^st Session of Sub-committee on Training and Watchkeeping Standards of the International Maritime Organization proclaimed the year 2010 – the Year of a Seafarer.

V.M.Zakharchenko,
Deputy Rector on Scientific and
Pedagogical Work of ONMA

 

From the 1^st till the 3rd of February 2010 Odesa National Maritime Academy held the fifth annual conference on hydrography and dredging work "HYPACK-2010".

"HYPACK-2010" is a software product which helps to do soundings and dredging works. This software program makes it possible to calculate with the given accuracy the capacity of soil during the dredging work, to define the depth of given areas, to create 3D patterns of underwater objects that are studied. As a result it saves much time on every stage of the work. The main goal of the conference was to show all users of HYPACK new opportunities of the updated version.

The conference brought together the representatives of different organizations making hydrographical research and dredging work. The conference was conducted by Pat Sanders (USA), the founder and the President of the HYPACK Company, and by Ivan Isaak, the 1st category hydrographer working as a teacher at the Academy who is an official representative of HYPACK in Ukraine. The following issues were considered: preparation for the HYPACK filming, equipment calibration, SURVEY, DREDGEPACK and HYSWEEP filming, materials processing, making the reports in the form of worksheets and charts, 3D patterns and etc. After the new program opportunities were shown, the general knowledge of HYPACK and its new opportunities was tested.

All participants of the conference came to the conclusion that HYPACK should be implemented to the educational process, as well as studying SURVEY, HYSWEEP and DREDGEPACK models that are of great help during hydrographical and dredging work.

Reference:

The program package for making hydrographical survey HYPACK® Max can be used for almost all hydrographical tasks including survey planning, the survey itself, and the final product in the form of printed worksheets, export of data in GIS format (DXF, DGN and others), and also calculation of capacities in the process of dredging work and creation of ENC in S57 format. Using this package one can carry out a number of tasks, namely: traditional soundings with the help of a single-beem echometer, shooting by side-scan sonar device, territorial examination by multibeam ultrasonic complex, analysis of bottom setting with the help of a sea-bed profilograph or magnetometer, etc. This software package is gaining more and more popularity with hydrographers all over world.

I.Gladkih,
the dean of Maritime and Inland
Waterway Navigation Faculty

 

From the 20^th till the 22^nd of January the meeting of the TEMPUS ''Training Seafarers'' European project took place in Bremerhaven (Germany) on the city's High school basis.

The program lasted three working days:

During the first day all higher educational establishments planning participation in this project were presented: Bremerhaven High School (Germany), Latvian Maritime Academy (Riga, Latvia), Batumi State Maritime Academy (Batumi, Georgia), Maritime Academy (Gdynia, Poland), Odesa National Maritime University and Odesa National Maritime Academy (Odesa, Ukraine). On the second day the project discussion was held and the preliminary budget calculations were made (preliminary sum makes up 630 000 euro). During the discussion the decision was made to change the title of the project from "Training Seafarers" to "Education of Future Ship Engineers — Model Course for Ship Specific Familiarization". During the third day the application forms which are to be submitted to the European Committee were introduced. The issues of further cooperation of the higher educational establishments which are the members of the existing consortium were also talked over.

The aim of this project will be the creation of the common educational training programs of ship engineers in compliance with requirements of STCW convention as amended. The expected results of the project are:

1. Carrying out mutual on-board training of junior courses cadets; mutual training of the higher educational establishment lecturers with working diplomas both on the basis of these higher educational establishments and on training ships;
2. Implementation of the new model courses into the educational programs of the higher educational establishment participating in the project.

The following documents are suggested creating model courses: IMO model course, STCW as amended, White paper (European transport policy for 2010: time to decide, and Green paper on a Future Maritime Policy for the European Union: a European vision of oceans and seas.

S. Karianskyi
the deputy dean of
Engineering Faculty

 

Odesa National Maritime Academy took part in 2 exhibitions. From the 4^th till the 7^th of February the XI interregional specialized exhibition "School-leaver 2010" was held in Zaporozhye. The XI interregional exhibition "Poltava school-leaver 2010" was held in Poltava from the 10^th till the 12^th of March.

The delegation of Odesa National Maritime Academy represented the Academy worthily, having given school-leavers all necessary information.

About 500 sets of informational materials were distributed as well as packages, calendars, pens, CDs with film about ONMA.

The relations with a number of schools were established for further cooperation. Different regional specialized informational editions made offers about cooperation.

The relations with a number of schools were established for further cooperation. Different regional specialized informational editions made offers about cooperation.

O. Mazur,
the head of Advertisement and
Information Department

 

The beginning of March was marked for Odessa National Maritime Academy by the annual solemn ceremony of giving out the diplomas to the graduating students. The ceremony took place in the Great Assembly Hall of ONMA.

The diplomas received the graduates of the Sea Navigation Faculty, the Maritime and Inland Waterway Navigation Faculty, the Engineering Faculty, the Automation Faculty, the Electrical Engineering and Radio Electronics Faculty.

Looking back to the history of ONMA one can see that there are heads of institutes, shipping companies and ports among its graduates of the passed years.

It should be emphasised that receiving the higher education diploma is the first indication of promotion of our cadets.

Sincere congratulations to the graduates!

O. Shemiakin,
the First Deputy Rector of ONMA

 

Competitions "55+"

At the end of January, Dnepropetrovsk hold the Ukrainian basketball championship among the veterans at the age of 60 and elder. The teams from Kiev, Nikolaev, Odesa, Dnepropetrovsk took part in the competitions. I.V. Logishev, the senior lecturer of the Fleet Technical Operation department, is the pride of the team of Odesa National Maritime Academy.

The rivals played the round robin. Odesa basketball veterans were beyond comparison. They gained victory in all three rounds. The second place won the team from Dnepropetrovsk, which yielded to the Odesa citizens in the decisive match. The next in the fixture list were representatives of Nikolaev and Kiev.

I. Logishev,
senior lecturer of the Fleet Technical
Operation department of ONMA

 

The Fatherland Defender Day Celebration

On the 23rd of February Odesa National Maritime Academy celebrated the Fatherland Defender Day.

The assembly hall was full of cadets and lecturers who were congratulated by colleagues and friends. The cultural centre of the Academy organized and held a festive concert. The folk brass band (the ''Black Sea seafarers'' march, ''Sevastopol waltz''), V. Revenko (the song "Guitar"), D.Danilenko (the song "Ukraine"), L. Shubakov (the song "There, behind the fogs") and many other interesting participants performed at the concert.

The cadets were rewarded with certificates for sports achievements.

I. Frasiniuk,
the Deputy Rector on Social Work

 

The International Women's Day Celebration

On the 5th of March the Academy celebrated the International Women's Day. Cadets and lecturers of Odesa National Maritime Academy and its faculties congratulated women on the spring holiday with the festive concert. The concert was organized by the cultural centre of ONMA.

The concert was visited by M.V. Miyusov (Rector of ONMA), O.M. Shemiakin (the First Deputy Rector of ONMA), the deans of the faculties, administrative staff of Odesa National Maritime Academy, cadets and many others.

Many warm words and wishes were expressed in songs, poems and melodies that were heard within the walls of ONMA on that day.

I. Frasiniuk,
the Deputy Rector on Social Work

 

From the 9^th to the 14^th of March 2010 the Annual General Meeting of IMarEST and also the European division meeting of the above mentioned Institute took place in London (Great Britain). The main goal of these meetings was to talk over the issues of further collaboration between the branches of the Institute located in different parts of the world and to attract young, initiative and energetic people to the Institute. Ukraine, namely Odesa branch of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) was represented by O.M. Shemiakin (the First Deputy Rector of ONMA), M.V. Chesnokova (the Head of International and Economic Cooperation Department), V.M. Koshevoy (professor, the Head of the Maritime Radiocommunication Department, and the Head of Training Centre of GMDSS).

Odesa branch of IMarEST organized on the basis of ONMA in 1998 represents in Ukraine the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) that was founded in London in 1889 as an association of mechanical engineers to assist their overall technical development. Today IMarEST is the world recognized professional organization which unites fifteen thousand members and more than 100 countries of the world.

In Ukraine the institute counts more than 200 mechanical engineers, professors, lecturers and students, who learn contemporary informational technologies of marine engineering and improve their professional English by reading technical magazines, scientific works, bulletin of the Institute, and also have the opportunity to use English literature in the library of English Club of Odesa Branch.

When the period of the initial professional development is over the young specialists may register in the Engineering Council of United Kingdom and to validate on behalf of this governmental body the English certificate for the following engineer categories: Chartered Engineer (Ceng) corresponds to the diplomas of "Master" and "Bachelor" (with excellent marks) of the universities of Great Britain, Incorporated Engineer (Ieng)- corresponds to the high educational diploma or Bachelor's diploma, Engineering Technician (Eng Tech) – corresponds to the national diploma.

In 2009 Odesa National Maritime Academy received accreditation of the specialities of the Engineering Faculty, the Automation Faculty, the Electrical Engineering and Radio Electronics Faculty for the third time.

The members of IMarEST in Ukraine take part in the work of scientific and technical conferences, seminars and meetings in Ukraine, Great Britain and other countries. The committee of Odesa Branch finances the scientific and technical events and together with the Rector of ONMA gives grants for the best works of lecturers and cadets.

O.M. Shemiakin,
the First Deputy Rector of ONMA