Request for Proposal
Request for proposal. Western Maritime Institute is a private marine training facility in Cassidy BC, near Nanaimo Airport. We are expanding and need construction work completed to build [...]
2022 Marine Industry Employment Projections
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. As Canadians, many of us experienced the loss of our job(s), an immediate change in [...]
A Students Journey- Part 3
Captain Dereck L. is one of the many seafarers protecting the British Columbia coast, working in the Canadian Coast Guard. His time at sea began at the impressionable [...]
Superstitions at Sea
With the month of October underway, what better a way to celebrate the spookish season than with a look into the superstitions of the marine world? Perhaps not [...]
COVID-19 Update: Vaccine Passport Policy
Due to the recent Vaccine Passport Requirements in British Columbia, Western Maritime Institute has implemented internal policies and procedures, effective October 1st, 2021. Below is our new [...]
A Students Journey- Part 2
Commanding tug boats off the northern tip of Vancouver Island is Captain Pierre W. Like many seafarers, he is a son, a husband, a father and a friend [...]