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Gadites Maritime & Navigational Institute

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ABOUT US
Our Mission
Empowering seafarers through specific performance, and improving quality of life.
Our Vision
The vision of Gadites Maritime is to provide quality maritime and navigational training
in The Bahamas and this mission continues to be executed.

I wish to emphatically state that this institution is functional, and we are taking this institution to another level in terms of putting down a state of the art facility to accommodate seafarers both locally and internationally. I envision optimum efficiency within the next few years.
Our History
Gadite’s was formed because I saw a need in the industry of Maritime Training to create a pool of professionals that are able to fulfill the demand required by the national and international community in the nautical arena.

We live in an ever-changing world where technological advances necessitate continual acquisition of new skills and knowledge for those in the arena already. Then, there are potential mariners whose sights it as a good career. The project has stated that I have trained numerous captains, deckhands, scuba divers etc.
Meet Captain Glynn Lightbourne
Under the auspices and leadership of Capt. Glynn K. Lightbourne, Gadites Maritime & Navigational Institution has been fully operating, training and certifying seafarers since 1999.

Capt. Lightbourne began his profession in Maritime at the tender age of 19.

He achieved his ranking as Chief Petty Officer at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force which began through him establishing the Communications centre at the HMBS. This
set the course of his 25-year tenure as a telegraphically skilled veteran, who has mastered basic and advanced navigation which qualified him to
erect and conduct trainings at the HMBS in 1990 thus expanding into the institution that is Gadites Maritime today.

Throughout his career, he has been appointed as radio
operator, operator of the HMBS Flagship Marlin (1986), certified Navigational Seaman
and extensive training both at HMS Mercury Naval College (England) and Marine Technical Institute culminating his knowledge of practical and theory navigation work to attain him a first rating officer’s post on a large craft in 1993.
Further more...
Today, the Bahamas Port Authority has registered hundreds of seafarers on behalf of GMNI’s technical training; and in total, 15,000+ certified seamen have passed through the doors of GMNI. Capt. Lightbourne’s contributions to the Maritime Industry and student access to the job market after examinations have exceeded the average quota of many schools and colleges in The Bahamas; to educate and employ into the desired workforce shortly thereafter. Where assistance and guidance can be intertwined into his flexible style of teaching, Captain Lightbourne provides such. From the Royal Bahamas Police Force to private-owned institutions to Boat Captains, Gadites continuously caters to the capacity and quality of learning necessary for able-bodied seamen to represent themselves and their respective home country as he has. All information learnt within the trainings at Gadites Maritime can be easily applied to everyday self-governance, work-office governance and lifestyle safety in general.
National & International Facts

Fact I:
The Bahamas is the third-largest ship registry in the world and is closing in on the second spot. No Bahamians to date are in any capacity on these crafts base on the Material I saw.
Fact 2:
Dive shops are hiring more ex-pats because it seems Bahamians are not interested.
Fact 3:
The Ministry of Tourism is capturing the boating community again. Local captain, deck hands, cooks are needed.
Fact 4:
ILO does not view the Bahamas as a Labor Recruitment Centre.
Fact 5:
For insurance purposes all mariners must be STCW trained by the year 2002.
Fact 6:
Water transportation is seen as for tourists only. Residents on islands are not considered as customers on a large scale.
Fact 7:
Universities and colleges are on the Internet seeking captains to cater to marine biology groups worldwide.
Fact 8:
Sun International has expanded its marina slip and has said their staff is too small. However, job seekers must have some certification.
Fact 9:
Other out islands resorts are following Sun’s lead you must be train.
Fact 10:
Gone are the days when locals were been picked as captains base only on their surrounding waters (local knowledge).