MATPAL Marine Institute Inc. receives a grant from TULLOW Oil Guyana for Deck and Engineering Cadets 2022. Thank you, TULLOW Oil Guyana, for your continued support and the significant contribution towards building local content.
Most successful entrepreneurs are intelligent, passionate, and ambitious. But as Colleen Abrams – Chief Executive Officer of MatPal Marine Institute Inc. guided her family business to the summit of maritime training and support services in Guyana – it took more than her smarts and drive. The impetus was her unwavering, lifelong dedication to excellence – […]
(Guyana Chronicle, January 2020) “I want to train as many Guyanese sailors as possible over 10 years…my goal is to turn over my vessel to a Guyanese captain” – Captain Henshaw WITH efforts to engage the young minds and the general public, the Matpal Marine Institute held its first-ever Career Forum to encourage those desirous […]
Three of our senior cadets left in January 2020 for a 3 months internship with the Edison Chouest (G Boats Inc.) Learn more about the company here: http://chouest.com/
We are pleased to announce that as of March 1, 2017, MatPal has been appointed the crew management portfolio of Pritchard-Gordon Tankers Limited. Pritchard-Gordon Tankers specialises in ocean transportation of crude oil and refined petroleum products in environmentally sensitive areas, using purpose built, shallow draft, double hull tankers. The Company offers its Charterers contracts of […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The House of Representatives today approved legislation to give the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) university status. Minister of Transport and Mining Mike Henry piloted the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Bill 2016, which will repeal the Caribbean Maritime Institute Act under which the institution operates. The CMI is the only international entity approved […]
The Maritime Administration Department, (MARAD) will implement several new initiatives to strengthen the performance of the department during this year. Director General, MARAD, Claudette Rogers said an Architectural Engineer will be employed to determine the structural soundness of the wharves. While the department will be working on formulating policies in keeping with the standard requirements […]
Approximately 600 persons are expected to benefit from employment with the construction of an onshore supply base in 2017. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said that the base will be erected at Crab Island, in the Berbice River, in the new year, to the tune of US$50 The Minister who was briefing the media […]
The 2017 Budget has allocated $650M to build capacity in various fields within the emerging oil and gas sector. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan in his budget presentation on Monday, in the National Assembly pointed out that capacity building is part of a three- year development programme in the oil and gas sector. The programme […]
As of the 1st January 2017, all STCW Refresher courses will become mandatory in accordance with the STCW 2010 Manila amendments. This means, if you’re currently serving on board ship and hold a valid STCW BST certificate, from the beginning 2017 you will have to provide documented evidence proving that you have either completed the […]
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