After starting our day off with the delicious breakfast buffet served at the Classic Hotel, we went to Limassol for the second day in a row to visit the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) Maritime Training Center. Here, we were given an introduction to the company and a tour. During the introduction, we learned lots of…
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The Adventures of Troodos Square
We started our day touring the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) Maritime Training Center located in Limassol. Upon our arrival we met with BSM employees that walked us through how their company operates. They explained that BSM only owns about 100 ships and instead mainly relies on ships from 3rd party companies. BSM then independently seeks…
Amazing Food and Views
Today we started off by waking up and taking a bus back to Limassol where we met with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, which is a company that trains people to work with ships. We took a tour of their facility and saw the dorms that the students stay in to simulate life on board a ship…
BSM and Omodos Village
We started the day off with a visit to the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Maritime Training Center located in Limassol. We got to learn about how students are trained from beginning to end as seafarers. BSM uses simulators to replicate a ship at sea. The captain monitors the students and controls the environment around them so…
Day Three: Ships and the Pretty Village
Today was a very unique experience once again. We traveled to Limassol to visit the BSM Maritime Training Center where I learned about something I had very little knowledge about before: ships! It was very fascinating to see the different equipment they had to simulate what being a member of a crew ship would be…
Boats and Mountains
Today was packed full of things to do as we traveled to many parts of the island. We traveled to the city of Limassol again today to meet with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) Maritime Training Center which they train people to work on ships that ship large amounts of cargo across different seas. This company…
Training and Exploring
For our only company visit on Wednesday, we were given a tour through the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) Maritime Training Center. The center trains students for four years in order to prepare them for working on a ship. The students are given typical classroom lectures, but they mostly work with a variety of simulators to…
Exploring Cyprus
Today we began with a company visit at Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), a company that sends crews to manage ships while they transport cargo from place to place. We visited their training facility where they give instruction and certification for students to become colonels, captains, and more at sea on these ships. There were a…
Ships and Local Towns
Today we had the opportunity of meeting with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) Maritime Training Center. We learned the logistics of training members that work on a cargo ship. We got to see the simulation they set up of a ship’s engine control room. As well as their real-life simulation of driving the ship on the…
Day 2: Medochemie and Wargaming
Today we visited Medochemie and Wargaming. Our first visit was Medochemie, a pharmaceutical company located in Limassol, Cyprus. The goal of Medochemie is to provide quality products at a low cost. Their products are based on products that are already in the market with this goal in mind. The supply chain of this company consists…
Day 1 in Nicosia
Today was our first official day in Cyprus. We started the day off by taking a walking tour of the new city. There is a physical wall, the Venetian Wall, separating the old and new city of Nicosia. Freedom Square is located in the center of Nicosia as a crossover point between the old and…
Boats and Mountains
Today was another trip to Limassol. We left bright and early at 8am again and arrived at the Maritime Training Center for our tour. We first learned some background about the business and what kinds of cargo they ship. The students who are trained there live in the facility. We were informed that some of…
Got through Day 2, Review of our Company Debut
When we arrived a Medochemie, we were greeted with friendly faces. Their facility looked very nice, and there office was full of working employees. We were taken into one of their presentation rooms and given a bag with items including: a pen, a notebook, a coaster, and more. Their presentation started with a video introduction…
First Company Visits: Medochemie and Wargaming
Today was our second day in Cyprus! We met with two companies: Medochemie and Wargaming – both of which could not be more unlike the other! Medochemie is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus. Limassol is located on the southern coast of Cyprus, so we had a excellent view of the Mediterranean Sea as…
A Look into the Global Companies, Medochemie and Wargaming
Today we focused on the business of Cyprus and had to meetings one with Medochemie and the other with Wargaming. Medochemie is a pharmaceutical company manufactures and distributes health care products and drugs to multiple countries around the world. The headquarters of Medochemie are located in Limassol because Cyprus is central among many countries that…
Day 2: Strictly Business
With a more business casual focus today, our day started with a visit to Medochemie, a Cyprian company that is responsible for research and development, as well as packaging drugs and medical products. Here I learned that the rigorous quality assurances and regulations set by the Good Manufacturing Practices (GPM, parallel of the FDA in…
Limassol to Nicosia: Meeting with Medochemie and Wargaming
After experiencing so much Cypriot culture yesterday, we switched courses today, learning more about business on the island. We started the morning with a beautiful drive to the city of Limassol where we met with the pharmaceutical company, Medochemie. Medochemie was founded in 1976 and is now headquartered in Limassol. It has become a global…
Day 2: Medochemie and Wargaming
Today we visited Medochemie and Wargaming. Our first visit was Medochemie, a pharmaceutical company located in Limassol, Cyprus. The goal of Medochemie is to provide quality products at a low cost. Their products are based on products that are already in the market with this goal in mind. The supply chain of this company consists…
Medochemie and Wargaming
Today was our first day of official business visits and tours with companies in Cyprus. We started our day with a bus trip to the costal city of Limassol in which we visited Medochemie. We visited them in their headquarters and got a presentation from a few members of the company. They told us a…
Day Two: Our First Two Company Visits
Our second day in Cyprus was dominated by company visits, a stark comparison to our first day which was mainly cultural outings. We had the incredible opportunity to meet with two big companies headquartered in Cyprus: Medochemie and Wargaming. We got to go in and see the Medochemie building in Limassol, where we were greeted…