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May 9, 2016

Nanaimo’s WMI news and programs

WMI’s 2016/2017 Schedule is Live! The 2015/2016 academic year at Western Maritime Institute is coming to an end and we’re down to our last few spring courses. We’re excited about what the next academic year has in store. Congratulations to all Course registration is now available on our website and we are looking forward to having another very busy year with a campus...

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April 18, 2016

Restored US Coast Guard helicopter dedicated at the Smithsonian

WASHINGTON — A restored Coast Guard HH-52A Seaguard helicopter was dedicated into the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center during a ceremony Thursday. The 1960s era HH-52A, which bore the tail number 1426, was renovated by Vector CSP and is now the only Coast Guard aircraft on display in a Smithsonian museum. The 1426 helicopter spent...

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April 16, 2016

Industry Welcomes World’s First Ocean-Going Vessels Capable of Running on Methanol

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – April 11, 2016) – Starting in April, Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd. (WFS), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), Westfal-Larsen Management (WL), and Marinvest/Skagerack Invest (Marinvest) are proud to welcome innovative, clean-burning, fuel-efficient vessels to the sea. These seven 50,000 dead weight tonne vessels are built with the first-of-its kind MAN B&W ME-LGI 2-stroke dual fuel engines that...

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March 28, 2016

Is the neighbor’s green grass lacking morality?

Some time ago, I received an interesting email, using the term “morality”, or the lack thereof, in describing the offshore oil and gas industry. Morality is not often used in shipping, but maybe it ought to. I thought it was in interesting wording by a young professional, and in itself provided some insight in our maritime industry in general and...

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March 22, 2016

Thermopylae Club Annual Dinner, Victoria BC

Wednesday 13 April 2016, Royal Victoria Yacht Club, 3475 Ripon Road No host bar opens at 6 PM Dinner at 7 PM Tickets by reservation $50. Seating limited. The Thermopylae Club of Victoria is pleased to extend an invitation to its annual dinner. The club, marking its eighty-fourth year, is named after one of the fastest and most famous clipper...

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March 17, 2016

Blue Angel BIG hART; Human Rights at Sea explains

Human Rights at Sea Interviews Cecily Hardy, Creative Producer, Blue Angel BIG hART From Human Rights at Sea’s website Seafarers: The Forgotten Workforce For some people art is purely for decoration or entertainment, but for community artists in the Big hART group it is a powerful form of communication, often associated with social change. They turn ordinary people into artists...

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March 15, 2016

CTA Review – my comments to Canada’s Minister of Transport

Dear Minister Garneau, I am writing to you, to express my disappointment in the recent submission of recommendations under the Marine Section of the Canada Transportation Act Review (CTA), submitted to you, in December 2015, by the review panel’s chair, Hon. David Emerson. A little about me; I am a Transport Canada Marine Safety certified Marine Engineer; I completed a...

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March 12, 2016

Canadian transportation review: painting a target on Canadian seafarers

In December 2015, the Hon. David Emerson submitted his report to the Minister of Transportation on the state of transportation affairs in Canada – well, mostly rail and air, and some other stuff, like shipping. Some may recall Mr. Emerson, Vancouver based, Economist by trade, elected as a Liberal MP, only to cross the floor shortly after the election, to...

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Martin Leduc on Escape from the Engine RoomFebruary 28, 2024
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Another foogle user on Escape from the Engine RoomFebruary 26, 2024
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Another foogle user on Escape from the Engine RoomFebruary 26, 2024
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