Seaways – August 2019

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA BRANCH

Î The Western Australia Branch organised a

day visit for the Senior Vice President Jillian

Carson-Jackson FNI. The team for the day

tour consisted of Jillian Carson-Jackson FNI,

Capt Peter Waller AFNI, Capt Stuart Davey

AFNI, Capt Rory Main AFNI and Capt Zubin

Bhada AFNI.

Our first visit was to the Offshore Simulator

Centre in Bibra Lake, where Capt Mark

Pointon showed us around his establishment.

This included all the various training/activity

set-ups including crane operations, offshore

deck work, dynamic positioning training

set-up, the ‘360° Dome Simulator’ used for DP

training and the more recent research work

on real-time simulation for models in field

testing in the maritime industry, offshore, oil

and gas and mining sectors.

The team then journeyed to Fremantle for

a meeting with Deputy Harbour Master Capt

Martin Toohey AFNI at Bather Beach House.

We carried on to Fremantle Port for a tour of

the control tower by Capt Stuart Davey AFNI

(Deputy Harbour Master Fremantle Port),

who showed us the process involved in ship

scheduling in the port of Fremantle. We were

introduced to the two on-duty VTS operators

who were kind enough to share their stories

on what went on in the Vessel Traffic Service

(VTS) control tower.

Senior VP visit

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IBERIAN BRANCH & US WEST COAST BRANCH

Training ship visit

Î The Iberian Branch accepted an invitation of
the honorary secretary West Coast US Branch,
Dr Colin Dewey AFNI, to visit the TS Golden Bear
during its port call in Lisbon.
As the Iberian Branch covers such a large
area, only a few of our members were able
to attend. Along with second- and third-year
students from the Portuguese Nautical School,
we numbered some 40 visitors in total.
Golden Bear is the primary training platform
on which cadets from California Maritime
Academy (CalNav) apply technological and
leadership skills learned ashore. Each summer,
cadets in their first and third years depart with
licensed faculty officers for two months during
the annual training cruise. During these periods
at sea, intellectual learning, applied technology,
and leadership development blend daily as
cadets apply what they have learned in the
classroom, in the lab, in the Corps and on the
waterfront.
This year, the voyage went through the
Panama Canal and across to Barbados, before

arriving at the Port of Lisbon. The next port of

call was also in Portugal, at the port of Ponta

Delgada, Azores Island, before returning to the

USA via port calls in Florida and Texas. You can

read more about the 2019 training voyage at

http://voyage.csum.edu/2019/.

We would like to thank all who made this

visit possible, including West Coast US Branch

secretary Dr Colin Dewey, Golden Bear’s Master

Captain Sam Pecota MNI and all his crew and

cadets.

Captain João Frade AFNI

Left to right: Capt Zubin Bhada AFNI, Capt Peter Waller AFNI,

Jillian Carson-Jackson FNI, Capt Stuart Davey AFNI

Bridge set-up for ECDIS and BRM View from VTS control tower – Fremantle Port

The engine

control room

Real-time simulator

• crane ops from
  installation vessel