SAMTRA

The South African Maritime Training Academy (SAMTRA) is a non-profit maritime education & training company established in 2002 through donations made by the A.P. Møller-Maersk Group of shipping companies with the aim of providing skills enhancement training for Southern African seafarers... SAMTRA provides educational programs and simulation skills enhancement training courses in navigation and ship handling, refrigeration engineering, marine engineering, as well as professional maritime short courses for all disciplines. In addition to the education and training offered, the company provides training management services for cadet and rating training programs... We strive to remain at the cutting edge of maritime training. We believe that good maritime training must be realistic, interesting, enjoyable, challenging and practical. In this way we continue to conduct maritime training programs which enable the participants to improve their personal and professional effectiveness and..