MARPOL Training Institute - Maritime Environment Regulations Training

MARPOL Standards, Waste Management, VGP, sVGP, and Ballast Water Regulations Onboard and Online

Based in Middletown CA, MARPOL Training Institute is an ISO 9000 and DNV Certified training company providing various maritime environment and pollution regulations related training programs onboard and online.

The objectives are to help the customers avoid and mitigate fines while better understanding the regulations and advantages related to keeping the oceans clean. All the training programs are well researched with relevant content which can be easily absorbed.

Recipient of the 2017 NAMEPA Marine Environment Protection Award, MARPOL Training Institute offers onboard training for Your Masters, Crew, and Engine on the ships while at sea.

The training is customized to provide each job type with the information required for the role. They also offer online training programs through their SCORM Compliant LMS.

MARPOL & Related Training

• Meeting MARPOL Standards and Waste Management Best Practices (MMS): Developed by shipping veterans and certified by DNV, computer-based Meeting MARPOL Standards teaches Deck Officers, Engineers, Superintendents, Port Captains and Crew what the regulations are and how to comply with them.
• VGP 2013: VGP 2013 was developed by shipping Veterans to teach Officers, Superintendents, Port Captains and Crew the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Vessel General Permit (VGP) Regulations and how to comply with them.
• Navigating Ballast Water Regulations (NWBR): Teaches your staff everything they need to know about IMO’s Ballast Water Convention and how to comply with it.
• Waste Management Best Practices: Waste Management Best Practices describes the industry's best practices of how to manage a vessel's waste stream.
• EMS Training for ECP Compliance: EMS Training for ECP Compliance was developed by shipping veterans to teach Officers, Superintendents, Port Captains and Crew the details of a typical ECP Compliance Plan.
• MARPOL Knowledge Assessment Tests (MKAT): Questions are chosen randomly from a large pool of questions based what you need to know about MARPOL for your Job Position.

Online Training

• Meeting MARPOL Standards (Crew)
• Meeting MARPOL Standards (Officers & Superintendents) -
• Waste Management Best Practices
• VGP 2013 -
• sVGP
• Navigating Ballast Water Management

Other Programs

• Biofouling Management Plan
• Garbage Management Plan
• Customized E-Learning

Last Updated: Aug 31, 2023