NMI Makes New Investments in Coastal Marine Service
Nunatsiavut Marine Inc. (NMI), with the support of the Labrador Inuit Capital Strategy Trust (LICST), is making new investments in 2025 to enhance the Coastal Marine Service. NMI will spend more than $1 million this year to improve infrastructure and continue its program of replacing end-of-life equipment. That’s in addition to more than $3 million invested in the past three years.
“The service that we provide to residents and businesses on the North Coast is critical, and we appreciate the Board’s trust that we will put the money to good use,” says NMI acting General
Manager Dwayne Canning. “We’re committed to the continuous improvement of this service, and replacing equipment and infrastructure is a vital part of that.”
Canning has been NMI’s Operations Manager for the past decade. In early February, he convened NMI’s annual meeting with Port Manager George Eldridge and Assistant Port Manager Gary Keefe to assess the previous season and to plan for 2025.
“We identified some minor safety issues that we intend to address and areas where we could be more efficient. But overall, 2024 was quite successful,” Canning says. “Our crews loaded a record 15,565 tons of freight and cargo and nearly 1200 vehicles, which is also a record.”
NEW EQUIPMENT PURCHASES IN 2025
The LICST approved several major purchases that will make NMI’s job more efficient and productive. Chief among them is the purchase of a new Made-in-Canada forklift that is expected to be delivered during the season. The 58,700 pound lift will complement other heavy-lifting equipment at the Goose Bay terminal and will be used to lift containers and load the vessel.
