All aboard Queen Mary
Wed, October 08 2008
As part of his third co-op work term at the BCIT Marine Campus (BMC), Matthew Thomas went to New York to board the prestigious ship.
“We enjoy a highly successful relationship with BCIT, and following the completion of his training, we are delighted to welcome Matthew on board Queen Mary 2 as a 3rd Engineer Officer,” says Debbie Baldey of Carnival UK, the parent company of cruise brands including Cunard and Princess Cruises.
Having sailed aboard Princess Cruises’ Sapphire Princess and Dawn Princess during his first and second co-op work terms, Matthew visited a vast array of countries including Russia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Mexico, and China.
The Queen Mary 2 will take Matthew, a Richmond resident, to ports of call including Southampton, New York, Florida, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
RMS Queen Mary 2, over 1,000 feet in length and capable of carrying 3,000 passengers and a crew of 1,253, is reminiscent of the golden age of ocean travel, but much larger than ships of that era.
“We are very proud of our relationship with the cruise ship industry,” says John Clarkson, associate dean of the BCIT Marine Campus. “Particularly our relationship with Princess/Cunard, as we are the only marine campus in North America supplying cadets to Princess/Cunard, with the subsequent international recognition of our outstanding Nautical Sciences and Marine Engineering students.”
The BCIT Marine Engineering program prepares students with an understanding of a ships propulsion plant and all associated shipboard systems. The program sees marine engineers working all over the world.
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