Northeast Maritime Institute is located at 32 Washington Street in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.  Normal operating hours are from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.  The Washington Street facility is located just blocks from the working water front with a number of lodging options, restaurants, shipyards, and marinas within walking distance.

Northeast Maritime aquired the Washington Street building in 2000 and has renovated the space to create a beautiful, functional facility to which its school operations were move in 2001. The facility is comprised of a two story historic structure built in the 1800’s with a one story addition completed in the 1960’s

The addition is the site of three full-service classrooms, a student computer lab, a galley style break area, a radar simulation classroom, two bridge simulators and an instructor simulation control room.  Free parking is available at the rear of the building.

NMI proudly offers two bridge simulators to increase the benefits of practical experience for our customers. The two simulators can communicate and work in conjunction with each other, providing for a more complete training experience.  While one student is docking a tanker in one simulator, another student can be in the adjacent simulator operating the tug that is assisting the tanker in the docking procedure!

NMI is proud to offer two full bridge simulators and a Liquid Cargo Handling simulator to increase the benefits of practical, hands-on experiences for our customers. 

“Deep Blue” – our Full Mission Bridge Simulator is comprised of 7 plasma display screens and offers a life-like, on-ship experience for even the most experienced mariner.  This modern marine simulator allows training in standard procedures, shiphandling, watchkeeping and emergencies, developing professional skills and consolidating previously obtained theoretical knowledge.

Installed in 2007, “Shallow Brown” is our full mission tug simulator comprised of state of the art navigation equipment with plasma display screens both forward (9) and aft (3). The simulator has three interchangeable control panels to provide for multiple steering system experiences:

- Flanking Rudders
- Z-drive controls
- Independent rudder controls

The two simulators can communicate with each other and work in conjunction with each other, providing for a complete training experience.  While one student is docking a tanker in one simulator, another student can man the tug that is assisting in the other simulator.

“LCHS”  our newly installed Liquid Cargo Handling Simulator is used in both our Tank Barge and TankShip – Person in Charge courses.  The simulator is also used in our 24 hr. TankBarge SIMulation course, where students are able to gain credit for 4 loads and discharges by completion of the course.  This can reduce the sea-time requirement for obtaining those loads and discharges during normal work duties.

Northeast Maritime Institute dedicated its new classroom building at 56 Main Street in honor of maritime safety advocate Captain Norman W. Lemley, USCG-Ret.

“No better man could be honored than Norman Lemley,” NMI President Eric R. Dawicki told the crowd of mariners, industry executives, military officers, friends, and family at the dedication of the building in 2007. “Northeast’s motto is ‘Honor the Mariner,’ and Norm Lemley has exemplified that motto through his deep commitment and service to marine safety and security programs both in the Coast Guard and in the private sector.”

Lemley Hall, which hosts a variety of maritime safety and survival courses, houses a seamanship lab, two high-tech 21^st-century classrooms, a large safety and survival classroom, and study areas.

The fiberglass lifeboat is 30 feet long and is powered by a diesel engine and is lowered to the water with a MASECO Type 30-22 MK III Gravity Davit and Winch setup. The lifeboat was built in 1983 meeting USCG approval 160.035. The lifeboat and davits are mounted to the dock on Pier 3, in the New Bedford harbor, to allow practical experience and lowering into the water.

This equipment is utilized in our USCG Approved Lifeboatman Proficiency in Survival Craft Course.