Strategy
We have extensive experience in maritime operations such as security planning and international civil-military, intergovernmental relations and ice navigation.
Analysis
Our maritime analysis services include harmonized threat and risk analysis, risk assessment and operational analysis.
Leadership
Our interests extend from practical maritime affairs to the art and science of leadership/command development and mentorship.
“Nigel and Greenwood Maritime Solutions delivered a top-notch product“
“Nigel understands the complexities of our business, and capably gets to the issue at hand, and in all our commercial dealings with him, provides clear advice and an effective easy to use road-map to get to where we need to be“
– Prince Rupert Port Authority & the Pacific Pilotage Authority
As with all our business with Nigel, the deliverable was first-rate, detailed and complete with a clear road map on what industry and regulatory agencies would need to address to make shipping safer for both commercial and local mariners in and around Prince Rupert.
With Nigel’s help on a sensitive risk assessment we turned a unanimous no into a resounding yes.
Nigel and Greenwood Maritime applied recognized threat and risk analysis practices to provide Commissionaires with innovative solutions to a range of novel security challenges, thus helping us to develop new lines of business.
Recent Projects
Live Exercise in Marine Emergency Response (2025)
19-20 Feb 2025, Conducted a two-day TTX and Live Exercise in Marine Emergency Response for the Price Rupert Port Authority, engaging 14 partner organizations and over 60 participants.
Race to Alaska (R2AK) 2023
In 2023, forsaking the comforts of large vessels and powered assistance, Nigel competed with his two brothers, nephews and favorite racing buddy Dave, in the infamous madcap dash from Port Townsend through Victoria to [...]
Briefs on Arctic Maritime Ops and Security (2024)
In 2024, GMSL lectured to three successive audiences on this subject: The Royal College of Defence Studies, a Royal Canadian Navy webinar, and the Royal United Services Institute (Victoria).
Wrote “Celestial Navigation for Offshore Yacthsmen” for CRYA (2021)
In collaboration with Bert terHart, a solo circumnavigator, wrote an aide-memoire or guide to yachtsmen wishing to exercise this ancient art from the pitching deck of a small vessel, especially as a stand-alone navigational [...]