Air and Marine Services

John Baker
Assistant Deputy Minister, Air and Marine Services
Phone: (709) 729-3796
Email:  JBaker@gov.nl.ca

Air Services Division

  • Provision, maintenance, and management of provincial air services including:
    • Operation and maintenance of the provincial government’s fleet of two air ambulances completing approximately 1,400 medical missions annually;
    • Operation and maintenance of the provincial government’s fleet of five water bombers to combat approximately 50 forest fires annually.

Harold Hedges
Director, Air Services
Phone: (709) 256-1037
Email: haroldchedges@gov.nl.ca

Marine Services Division

  • Provision, maintenance, and management of provincial marine services including:
    • Nine provincially-owned and operated vessels, one provincially-owned and privately operated vessel (through a contract with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador), and eight privately-owned contracted vessels;
    •  Marine operations accounting for $82 million for 2016-17 (transporting approximately 730,000 passengers, 390,000 vehicles, and 13,000 tonnes of freight annually);
    • Provision of vessel modification and refits of provincially-owned vessels;
    •  And, operation of provincially-owned vessels with a complement of approximately 203 marine staff.

Marine Services
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
P.O. Box 97  224 Main Street Lewisporte, NL A0G 3A0
Toll-free: 1-888-638-5454
Fax: 1-709-535-6245
Email: TIMarine@gov.nl.ca
Website: http://nl.tr.jit-tr.com/ti/ferryservices

 

Stephen Power
Director, Marine Services
Phone: (709) 729-2758
Email: StephenPower@gov.nl.ca