Maritime Professional Training

Maritime Professional Training (MPT) is the largest private maritime training school in the United States and serves more than 10,000 students per year, providing training for mariners pursuing careers in both the commercial and yachting maritime industries. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, five minutes from Port Everglades and the Fort Lauderdale International Airport, MPT is the most complete full-service maritime school in the country. Since 1983, under the direction of the Morley family for two generations, the family-owned and operated school has trained thousands of commercial mariners, yachting professionals, and enthusiasts for over 30 years. This longtime experience has enabled MPT to develop programs that are success-oriented, with unbeatable pass rates, as well as being cost and time efficient. MPT offers all levels of certification, license and document study programs, many of which offer in-school testing, are USCG-Approved and are recognized by many foreign administrations. Training programs are designed to meet and exceed IMO standards and are fully STCW Compliant. The Fort Lauderdale based campuses host over 45,000 square feet of classrooms, deck, and engineering training labs. Training programs also take place at the MPT SMART Simulation Center, Marine Tech Shipboard Firefighting Site, Sea Survival Training Facility, and onboard the MPT Fleet of Training vessels.