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ica’s Cup in 2017,” Russell reports. “That’s
going to be a challenge, and we’re gearing up
to meet it.”
STRONG RELATIONSHIPS
The Department of Marine and Ports Ser-
vices employs roughly 170 people and has an
exceptionally low turnover rate. Many peo-
ple join the Department when they’re young
and stay there until they retire. According to
Russell, that loyalty is partially a result of the
pride they take in their work.
“Bermuda is relatively small, it’s 65,000 peo-
ple,” he says. “For a government department
to employ 170 of them, it has to be quite sig-
nificant.”
The Department is also significant in terms
of equipment, Russell adds. They own a sub-
stantial fleet including three tugs, six High
Speed Catamaran Ferries, three convention-
al mono hull ferries , a 740 passenger Ship
Tender and a Buoy Tender. They also have
two pilot boats, which double as search and
rescue boats, and a number of smaller ves-
sels which they use for inspections and other
purposes.
According to CDR Russell, those ships –
and the other equipment that the Depart-