For the purpose of improving the officers’ knowledge of ship, on June 22nd, 2022, more than 50 officers of GZMC headed to CSSC HUANGPU WENCHONG SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LIMITED, Longxuechang Branch (located in Nansha District), and attended an on-site teaching and learning session.

Officers had visited the ship “Yu Lin Hai”, which was built in March, 2012, by CSSC HUANGPU WENCHONG SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LIMITED. The ship was all steel welded, stern-engined and power-driven, and longitudinally framed. The ship was a bulk carrier which featured single engine, single screw, single rudder and single deck. The length of the ship was 217 meters, and the width was 32 meters. With a full displacement of 88000 tons, the ship had a full complement of 27 persons. At the dock, before guiding participants to visit the ship, the captain announced the attention points about getting on board and introduced the ship’s structure and water gauge in detail. Inside the wheel house, the captain focused on introducing how ship berthed and unberthed, navigation operation, and anchoring jobs. In the control room and engine room, the captain introduced the structure of cargo hold and operation in engine room. Participants had active discussions with the captain and chief engineer.

According to the feedback from the participants, the on-site teaching and learning session was impressive and helpful since it provided access to the actual object and gave chance to have discussion with experienced personnels along with theoretical lectures. Comparing to the lecture-only teaching method, participants could better understand the contents and it felt more practical. As a result, the feedback showed that those who participated would like to have more on-site teaching and learning sessions in the future.