Master Mariners Technical Dinner
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VMAA Luncheon Series
Register now and don’t miss your chance to attend the Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators Association online seminar on December 10th.
The speaker will be Mr. Justice Christopher Giaschi of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. His topic will be The scope of `Navigation and Shipping`, in the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the Transport Desgagnés (Wärtsilä) case.
Date: Thursday December 10, 2020
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 PST
Location: WebEx
Fee: $25 for members; $45 for non-members
To register, please email secretary@vmaa.org.
Please note: the webinar has already been certified for one hour of CPD credit by the Law Society of British Columbia, for participating B.C. lawyers.
NPESC Christmas Lunch
BCIT Marine Campus Open House
There will be an Open House at the Marine Campus on Friday the 18 of October from 10 am to 7 pm.
In addition to the simulators (Deck and Engine), survival craft demonstration, Machine shop and seamanship display we will be joined by 16 employers from the marine industry. The employers will have booths set up for recruitment.
For more details about the campus and directions to get there, click here.
BCIT Convocation Book Awards
Once again we were pleased to attend at the BCIT Marine Campus Convocation ceremonies for their cadet program and make book presentations to cadets who had made outstanding efforts and achieved good grades.
In the above photograph, Captain Achim Ruether presents Engineering Cadet Peter Didak with his book award.
In the above photograph Captain Stan Bowles presents Deck Cadet Stephen Wyatt with his book award.
NPESC Christmas Luncheon 2018
This year’s NPESC Christmas Luncheon will be held on Saturday December 15th 2018 between 1pm and 4pm.
The venue for the luncheon is The Aria Club within the Suterbrook Village in Port Moody (the complex within which Karen & Richard Smith reside).
Those wishing to attend should sign up by clicking here
NPESC Awards at BCIT Convocation Ceremonies
This year’s BCIT First Year Achievement Bursary award was made to Cadet Havill Leitch by Captains Joachim Ruether and David Whittaker (left) on November 1st.
The three are joined by cadets Justin Bury, Alexander Holiove and Nicola Zimny and Captain Philip McCarter.
International Day of The Seafarer BBQ – June 24th
Buttons $25
Includes BBQ Lunch
Friday June 24th from 12:00 to 1:30 pm
At the patio of The Chamber of Shipping, 1111, West Hastings Street, Vancouver.
Sponsored by The Sailors’ Society – www.sailorssociety.ca
Click here to download an order form for Buttons.
Day of The Seafarer 2016 – Celebration – Friday June 24th 2016
To Celebrate this wonderful day, The Sailors’ Society are selling buttons to help support seafarers away from home.
Buttons are C$25 each and include a BBQ Lunch.
The Lunch will be held on the patio outside of The Chamber of Shipping offices located at: 1111 W. Hastings Street
Learn more at www.sailorssociety.ca
Join us for our Annual General Meeting
In order to bring our AGM in-line with that of the BC Branch of The Nautical Institute, the NPESC will be holding its 2015 AGM in conjunction with the NIBC on Saturday May 14th at The Vancouver Maritime Museum.
The meeting will take place at 11:00 hours and members and other interested parties are encouraged to join us and hear about our fund raising efforts along with news about the bursaries that we have given out thus far, this year.
For those interested in joining our Society your annual membership fee of C$40.00 will receive a tax deductible receipt and will help us in pursuing our goal of furthering the professional education of Canadian mariners. For your convenience, receipts will be provided at the meeting.