Presentation – Downtime Doctors

The NI BC Branch hosted a webinar on the topic of seaborne motion compensation systems. Hosted by NI member Philip Woodcock, with co-hosts from the "Downtime Doctors," members were brought together through the Microsoft Teams platform for an explanation of the systems, followed by a short Question and Answer session. This interactive presentation was extremely […]

NI Presentation to Naval Officers

Angus Fedoruk, AFNI, Chair of the BC Branch of The Nautical Institute conducted a presentation to a class of junior Officers in the Royal Canadian Navy, describing The Nautical Institute. The pillars of the navigation/deck Officers of the Royal Canadian Navy are Leader, Manager, Mariner, and Warrior. The presentation emphasized the common areas of the […]

NI Member Takes Command

Lieutenant-Commander Angus Fedoruk assumed command of Naval Training Development Centre (Pacific) from Commander Alain Sauvé in a ceremony presided over by Captain (Navy) Chris Peschke, Chief of Staff Maritime Forces Pacific.

BCIT 1st Year Cadet Tour of CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell

BCIT 1st Year Cadet Tour of CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell - 09 Dec 2021 - Captain Rich Marriott AFNI (centre photo) hosted the BCIT 1st Year Navigation Cadets of the CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell. The CCGS Sir Wilfred Grenfell is currently at Allied Shipbuilders in North Vancouver nearing completion of a conversion from an offshore […]

Technical Seminar – Azimuthing Stern Drive Tug Operations

GoTo Meeting

Seaspan Marine and Seaways Global Capt. Neil Sadler from Seaways Global & Capt. Tony Poole from Seaspan will present on azimuthing stern drive tug operations for Shipdocking and Escort Towage. The Technical Seminar will be held using the online "Go To Meeting" platform. The seminar will be 30 minute presentation, followed by a Q&A period […]