In 2018/19 GMSL completed three projects for Transport Canada related to the Oceans Protection Plan. The first was to lead a Pilotage Risk Management Methodology (PRMM) process to conduct an initial risk-screening of ship-routing and operational measures to reduce ship noise in the Salish Sea and thereby mitigate impacts on the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) populations in Haro and Juan de Fuca Straits. The second project was to conduct a review and assessment of foreign Vessel Traffic Management (VTM) regimes and harbour safety committee practices to identify aspects that could be incorporated within a Proactive Vessel Management (PVM) regime for Canada to improve the inclusion of coastal communities in cooperative use of the coastal water-space. The third project was a review of Canada’s Places of Refuge (POR) contingency plans alongside comparable foreign examples to identify potential improvements in structure, approach and format.
Ice Navigation
Nigel Greenwood2025-02-22T13:21:00-08:00
Served as ice-navigator for a 90m super-yacht through the Northwest Passage from Cambridge Bay NVT to Dutch Harbour AK in September 2015. Joined RRS Ernest Shackleton as assistant ice navigator for icebreaker-escort and expedition logistic support of MV Crystal Serenity eastwards through the NWP in Aug-Sep 2016, the first transit of such a large vessel. Served as assistant ice navigator in the transit of MSV Nordica from Vancouver to Nuuk in July 2017, the earliest seasonal transit of any ship through the NWP. Ice navigator for the NWP transit of RV Xue Long from Nuuk to Nome, as she completed a circumpolar voyage in September 2017. Ice navigator for MV Golden Strength for two round-trips Europe-Baffin Island with iron ore from Milne Inlet July-October 2018; MVs Patricia V and Arkadia in 2019, and MVs Vitus Bering and Sea Neptune in 2020, all to Milne Inlet and back to Europe; MV Ultramarine, Greenland – Resolute, 2024.
Canadian Hydrographic Service Risk Assessment
Nigel Greenwood2025-02-22T12:30:46-08:00Conducted an independent review of the CHS’s Hydrographic Risk Assessment Tool. Examined input factors and methodology and compared the CHS product with recent approaches to similar challenges in other countries’ hydrographic services
Pilotage Waivers Risk Assessment
Nigel Greenwood2025-02-22T12:31:07-08:00As a result of the Nathan E. Stewart grounding in October 2016, conducted a risk assessment and review of the Pacific Pilotage Authority’s rules for granting waivers, worked with industry to examine the composition of the Canadian and US wavered fleets and identify risk factors based on surveys of experience and plotting of traffic patterns and incident records. Through the Pilotage Risk Management Methodology determined reasonable and prudent changes to pilotage waivers, and obtained general agreement on proposed changes that were subsequently approved by the PPA Board.