Barry joins Federal Fleet after more than 40 years of working in the Marine Industry, including over 15 years at sea, where he progressed from Engineer Cadet Officer to Chief Engineer qualified on both steam and motor vessels. He served on VLCC, bulk carriers, passenger, and Ropax vessels. Before immigrating to Canada in 1983, he worked for Rolls-Royce and Associates at the Naval Nuclear Prototype Test Establishment in Dounreay, Scotland, engaged in trials and testing for RN nuclear submarine propulsion systems.
Upon immigrating to Canada, he worked for Beaudril in the Beaufort Sea aboard AHTS ice breakers before moving to teach at the BCIT Marine Campus in North Vancouver, where he was appointed Head of the Engineering Department.
He joined the Vancouver office of Lloyd’s Register (LR) in 1996 as a surveyor and was promoted in 1999 to Surveyor in Charge of the Toronto office. During his career with LR, Barry was the liaison to Transport Canada (TC) and was involved in major new construction and conversion projects, including the Asterix conversion at CDCI. He also worked with LR’s Ottawa-based Naval team on the classification of CCG and RCN vessels and contributed to both AOPS and JSS. He now serves as Chief Operating Officer of Federal Fleet Services Inc.
