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The Deck Log Newsletter of the Company of Master Mariners

of Canada NL Division

October – December 2014

Oct – Dec 2014 Newsletter of the Company of Master Mariners of Canada NL Division

October 5, 2014

The 47th National Annual General Meeting

(AGM) of the Company of Master Mariners

of Canada (CMMC) was held at Best

Western Plus Brampton, Brampton, Ontario.

The meetings actually took over two days

(4th

and 5th

).

“Directors may serve from 1 to 4 years and

first members of this first Board of Directors

elected under the Canada Not-for-Profit

Corporations Act has staggered terms of

office in order that not more than 1/3 of

Directors may be replaced or re-elected in

any year. Directors may serve a maximum

of 8 consecutive years”.

Here are the new positions:

National Master, Capt. Rick Gates,

Maritimes Division; Deputy Master, Capt.

Christopher Hearn, NL Division; Assistant

Master, Capt. Chris Hall, Fundy Division;

Past Master, Capt. John McCann, Fundy

Division; Treasurer, Capt. Jack Gallagher,

Maritimes Division; Secretary, Capt. Ivan

Lantz, Montreal Division.

Also we have the following positions:

Editor, FROM THE BRIDGE, Capt. David

Whitaker; Membership Chair, Capt.

Yezdee Kooka; Views and Positions

Committee Chair, Capt. Peter Turner;

Company of Master Mariners Foundation

Chair, Capt. (Dr.) Jim Parsons; Captain G.

O. Baugh Memorial Fund TRUSTEE,

Capt. Doug Wilson.

At the meeting financial contributions were

made by the NL Division to the National

and the CMMC Foundation. Capt. Chris

Hearn, NL Divisional Master presented a

cheque ($1,000.00) to the National. He also

presented a cheque ($4,000.00) to the

CMMC Foundation.

L-R: Capt. Jim Parsons, Chair of the CMMC

Foundation accepts the cheque from Capt.

Chris Hearn, NL Divisional Master

October 22 – 23, 2014

The Company of Master Mariners of Canada

NL Division held their 6th

Biennial

Maritime Human Resources Conference

at the Hampton Hall of the Fisheries and

Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial

University. This time, for the first time, this

Conference was co-hosted by the Council of





Marine Professional Associates

(COMPASS), www.compasscanada.info

As a result of the Joint Initiative the

Conference name was changed to

“Maritime Human Resources,

Recruitment Solutions and Professional

Development”. It proved to be a great idea

as both organizations experienced positive

success indeed.

We would like to take this opportunity to

extend our most sincere thanks to our

great, Conference Sponsor Organizations.

The Co-Chairs of the Conference were

Captain (Dr.) Jim Parsons and Mr. John

Connors. Welcoming remarks were made

by Captain Christopher Hearn, Divisional

Master of the CMMC NL Division; Terry

Puglisevich, President of the COMPASS

and Cathy Dutton, Head of the School of

Maritime Studies, MI. The Keynote address

was given by Captain Philip Wake, Chief

Executive of the Nautical Institute, London,

UK.

At this 6th

Conference, as a result of the joint

venture, the attendance saw an increase of

52.8 percent. This was a great success

indeed.

L-R: Stig R. Dayanandan (Chief Operating

Officer of innit, Norway) and Daniel

Skifjell Larseen (Product Manager). They

attended this Conference to introduce their

product, an online and offline training

record book for future seafarers worldwide.

www.webcadet.com

Captain Andrew McNeill, Treasurer of the

CMMC NL Division at the registration desk

http://www.compasscanada.info/

http://www.webcadet.com/





We would like to thank the Fisheries and

Marine Institute of MUN for their

tremendous support as usual.

Registration Desk

Foyer

L-R: Daniel Larsen and Stig Dayanandan

L-R: Anthony Patterson, Cathy Dutton and

Christopher Hearn

L-R: John Connors and Jim Parsons

Some of the attendees





Conference was well attended

Capt. Chris Hearn, CMMC NL Divisional

Master

Mr. John Connors, Executive Manager,

COMPASS

Terry Puglisevich, President of COMPASS

Cathy Dutton, Head of School of Maritime

Studies, Marine Institute

Captain Philip Wake, Chief Executive of the

Nautical Institute, London, UK, who gave

the Keynote Address





Capt. Anthony Patterson, President & CEO ,

Virtual Marine Technology, Educational

Coordinator, CMMC, Deputy Divisional

Master CMMC NL Division. He gave a

presentation on “Recognition for the

Professional Mariner”

L-R: Mario Lavoie, Transport Canada,

Anthony Patterson, Virtual Marine

Technology and Philip Wake, Nautical

Institute. Panelists for “Professional

Development and Continued Proficiency”

Discussion

Capt. Tom Anderson, Director, Ports &

Harbours, Algoma Central Corporation, took

part in the discussion

Theresa Rahal, Principal Consultant,

Strategic Directions Inc. She gave a

presentation on “Marine Transportation

HR Research, Studies and Surveys – Key

Findings”

Dr. Marie Noelle Albert, University of

Quebec, Rimouski, gave a presentation on

“Bridging Sea and Shore-based Career

Opportunities: From a seafarer’s career

management to the management of

embedded sea and shore-based career”





Dr. Marie Noelle Albert

L-R: Carolyn Emerson, WinSETT Centre,

Karen Watt, Algoma Central Corporation,

Tanya Noseworthy, NL Dept. of Natural

Resources and Colleen Alexander, Secunda

Canada. Panelists for the discussion,

“Marine Transportation HR

Recruitment: Best Practices and Diversity

Planning”

The Facilitator for the above discussion was

Allison Dancey of NL Department of

Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural

Development.

Allison Dancey

Larry Moore, Human Resources Manager,

Canship Ugland, Past President,

COMPASS. His topic was “Recognizing

and Celebrating the Marine

Transportation Industry’s

Contributions”

The COMPASS was established in 2008.

They have improved over the 6 years of

operation. The COMPASS expressed a

desire to join the CMMC NL Division’s

Biennial HR Conference. This is the first

Conference for the COMPASS. The Joint

Initiative was a very successful one.





October 28, 2014

The regular monthly meeting of the CMMC

NL Division was held at the Crow’s Nest

Officers Club. Captain Christopher Hearn,

the Divisional Master briefed the members

as to what took place at the National AGM

of the CMMC that took place early in

October at Brampton, Ontario. Capt. Hearn

represented the NL Division at that meeting.

Details of the National election results are

on the first page of this newsletter.

Captain Jim Parsons gave a briefing on the

Human Resource and Professional

Development Conference of October 22/23.

News related to this event are also in this

newsletter, pages 1 to 6.

The November meeting appear to be a very

interesting one. It is hoped one of the

members of the m/v Nunavik will give a

presentation on the trip NUNAVIK made

from Deception Bay through the Northwest

Passage to China. You may wish to take a

look at this we blink.

http://www.fednav.com/en/voyage-nunavik

Maria Halfyard, Associate Member, who

has volunteered to take charge of the

Nautical Skills Competition (NSC) of the

NL Division, informed that the work will

start soon for the 2015 (our 4th

) very soon.

2014 Christmas Dinner of the Division is

scheduled for Friday December 19th

at the

historic Crow’s Nest Officers Club.

Some members who attended the meeting

November 6, 2014

Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial

University of Newfoundland (MI) held their

Remembrance Day Ceremony today in

front of the Canadian Merchant Navy

Veterans Memorial at MI.

There were local government

representatives, political party members and

many other groups such as Canadian

Institute of Marine Engineers (CIMarE) and

the Company of Master Mariners of Canada

NL Division (CMMC NL DIV).

L-R: A. Patterson, C. Hearn and G. Blackwood






Pictures from the Ceremony

Capt. Chris Hearn, Divisional Master of the

CMMC NL Division laying the wreath

Mr. Donald Hartery of CIMarE laying the

wreath

Some of the members of the CMMC NL

Division who attended the Ceremony

L-R: E. Turner, J. Ennis, G. Fiander, J.

Parsons, A. McNeill, E. March, P. Adams,

A. Patterson, C. Hearn and J. Prim (member

of the Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans

Association)

Captain Brian Bishop, a member of our

Division is the Master of UMIAK 1. He

contributed the following to our

newsletter.





Captain Brian Bishop

Umiak I was built in 2006 at Universal

Shipbuilding Corporation in Maizuru Japan,

and is a 31,992 tonne icebreaking bulk

carrier, the most powerful ever of its kind.

The vessel moves 360,000 tonnes of nickel

concentrates a year in 12 voyages from

Voisey’s Bay mine in Northern Labrador to

Quebec City which is then transported to its

smelters in Sudbury, Ontario and

Thompson, Manitoba, Canada.

The Umiak I is 188.8 metres (619 ft) long

and has a beam of 26.6 metres (87 ft). Fully

laden, she draws 11.7 metres (38 ft) of water

and has a deadweight tonnage of 31,992

MT. She is designed for operations in Arctic

ice-infested waters and assigned ice class

ICE-15 by Det Norske Veritas, which is one

of the highest ICE notations any vessel can

have. Basically, this means the hull is

reinforced to navigate un-assisted through

ice that is 1.5 metres thick. This very

powerful and unique bulk carrier only uses

35 per cent of the available engine power on

the open, ice-free sea.

She is a bulk carrier designed to carry nickel

concentrate and has five holds with a

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_tonnage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_class

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_Norske_Veritas





combined grain capacity of 40,490 cubic

metres. She is equipped with three cranes;

one 50-ton crane serving holds 1 and 2, and

two 30-ton cranes serving holds 3, 4 and 5.

In addition to bulk cargo, she can also carry

re-supply cargoes for the production

operations, including fuel oil. No 3 cargo

hold is only used to carry approx 7000

Metric cubes of arctic diesel for the mine

and during the winter months we fill it full

of ballast to help with icebreaking

operations.

The ship is powered by a seven-cylinder

MAN B&W-Hitachi 7S70ME-C low-speed

two-stroke diesel engine producing

21,770 kW (29,190 hp). The main engine is

coupled directly to a ducted controllable

pitch propeller. The variable pitch propeller

allows backing and ramming in heavy ice

conditions without reversing the engine and

the nozzle protects it from ice impacts and

provides additional thrust.

In open water, Umiak I can achieve a speed

of 13.5 knots with only 35% engine load. In

1.5 meter (5 ft) ice, she can maintain a speed

of 3 knots with the aid of a water deluge

system in the bow. For onboard electricity

generator, she is fitted with three six-

cylinder MAN B&W 6L23/30H generating

set.

The vessel was also on an episode of

Mighty Ships on The Discovery Channel in

2011.

November 11, 2014

The centenary of the First World War is

marked today the 11th

of November 2014.

War Memorial, St. John’s, NL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-seven_engine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAN_B%26W

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducted_propeller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controllable_pitch_propeller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controllable_pitch_propeller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-six_engine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-six_engine





Canadians were shocked by the murder of

two Canadian soldiers that took place in

Canada just recently. The Ottawa shooting

at the War Memorial killed Cpl. Nathan

Cirillo who was just 24 years of age. He was

a reservist based out of Hamilton, ON. The

other who was killed in St. Jean-sur-

Richelieu, Que was Warrant Office Patrice

Vincent. This was a blatant hit and run case.

This is Water Street by War Memorial. The

area was full of people unlike any other

year. Even Duckworth Street by the

Memorial was blocked with people.

It is believed due to these two murders

Canadians came out in droves to the War

Memorial to day to mark the Remembrance

Day.

Lieutenant Governor Honourable Frank

Fagan and his wife Patricia Fagan walking

on Water Street

On the left, Premier Paul Davis, NL

November 20, 2014

2015 Nautical Skills Competition (NSC)

was announced at the Hampton Hall of the

Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial

University (MI). Present at this

announcement were some members of the

CMMC NL Division and representatives of

MI.

The announcement was made by Captain

Christopher Hearn, NL Divisional Master





and Ms Maria Halfyard (Associate

Members, NL Division) who is the

volunteer Coordinator of this NSC from the

start. 2015 will see the 4th

Annual NSC.

Captain Christopher Hearn

Ms Maria Halfyard

November 25, 2014

Our last regular monthly meeting for 2014

was held at the Crow’s Nest Officers Club.

This meeting was an extremely successful

meeting as we had Mr. Gary Bishop, Chief

Engineer and Captain Randy Rose of the

FedNav vessel M/V NUNAVIK. They gave

a most interesting presentation on the

“Historic voyage of m/v Nunavik from

Deception Bay to China via the Northwest

Passage”.

The MV Nunavik at Deception Bay, 2014

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1414480/fi

rst-arctic-cargo-shipped-through-the-

northwest-passage

L-R: Capt. Randy Rose, Capt. Chris Hearn

and Mr. Gary Bishop

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1414480/first-arctic-cargo-shipped-through-the-northwest-passage







Captain Randy Rose said this was a very

historic voyage. It took months to prepare

and all angles were covered for making sure

this was a safe voyage. Please check this

web link:


December 2, 2014

Today the CMMC provided relief for the 11

stranded crew members of the m/v Jana in

Argentia, NL. The NL Division collected

$1000.00 and this was matched by the

CMMC National making the total $2000.00.

Locally the Fish, Food and Allied Workers

(FFAW) are taking care of the 3 Russian and

8 Ukrainian crew members of the ship. The

ship has been stranded since early August

2014. The crew have not been paid and the

ship is running out of fuel, water and food.

Local groups are helping the crew while the

authorities are trying to find a solution.

The ship is only 12 years old and it is hoped

that a fair settlement may be found before

another prolonged delay.

L-R: Mr. John Boland (FFAW Staff

Representative), Capt. McNeill (Treasurer of

the CMMC NL Division), Mr. Keith

Sullivan (FFAW President) and Capt. Hearn

(Divisional Master, CMMC NL Division)






One day after the presentation the case of

m/v Jana was settled very satisfactorily.

Some of the crew will be flying home while

a few others have decided to stay onboard to

help the new owners. FFAW informed the

CMMC that it was most kind of them to

make that financial contribution, however

that they did not need that money anymore.

It was decided that the contributors would

get their money back.

December 8, 2014

Georgian College Scholarship Winner

Named

2014 December 8

http://www.boatnerd.com/

Tim Westmorland, a 3rd year Navigation

Cadet, at Georgian College Great Lakes

International Marine Training and Research

Centre, is the recipient of the G.O. Bough

2014, Scholarship, presented by the

Company of Master Mariners of Canada

(CMMC). He is presently on a 60-day

trans-Pacific delivery voyage from Nantong

China to Montreal, Canada, via the Panama

Canal, on board the CWB MARQUIS,

Canada’s newest St. Lawrence Seaway-Max

ship.

Capt. Seann O’Donoughue

December 11, 2014 Today the Nautical Skills Competition

(NSC) teams for the 2015 Competition were

selected. Fifty Nautical Science Programme

students applied to take part in the

Competition.

Teams were selected randomly from the

first, second and third year students. As last

year, 8 teams were created. To help select

names for the teams, two Marine Institute

employees volunteered. They are Angie

Clark, Director, Student Affairs and Jennifer

Howell, Enrolment Management

Coordinator. Maria Halfyard, Associate

Member of the CMMC NL Division,

volunteer organizer of the Competition was

present. Maria has been doing this ever

since this competition was created. This

(2015) Competition will be the 4th

.

Competition.

L-R: Jennifer, Maria and Angie

December 19, 2014 The Division’s Christmas Dinner took place

at the Crow’s Nest. Some members of the

Canadian Institute of Marine Engineers

(CIMarE) and some friends of the members

attended the dinner.

It was an evening enjoyed by all. After the

dinner there were lucky name draws. Capt.

Chris Hearn, the Divisional Master gave a

short talk and thanked all who came to the

Christmas Dinner.

http://www.boatnerd.com/





We wish you

all a

Merry

Christmas

and a

Very Happy

New Year

2015

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