Centro de Educación Náutica Mercante offers the following services to the maritime community:

  • Training and refreshment for Seafarers in compliance with the STCW 1978 as amended in 2010 and National Regulations.
  • Certification and Licensing
  • On line Training Courses as per customer requirements

STCW Training

Centro de Educación Náutica Mercante STCW training is audited by Fideicomiso de Formación y Capacitación para el Personal de la Marina Mercante Nacional and therefore fulfills the requirements set out by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW).

In additional to our STCW education to become Master Mariner, Marine Engineer, Watchkeeping Officer, Watchkeeping Engineer and Electro Technical Engineer, we offer STCW courses for individual seafarers and shipping companies. All required STCW training can be delivered by Centro de Educación Náutica Mercante in Mexico or on site. Examples of STCW courses given at Centro de Educación Náutica Mercante are Basic and Advanced ice navigation training according to the Polar Code, Basic and Advanced training gas safety training according to the IGF Code, Revalidation of Certificates of competencies for the officers and Medical Care courses.

Quality STCW Training:

Centro de Educación Náutica Mercante can offers a tool Training Need Analysis, which will find out your officers’ qualifications and training needs.

The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) has been revised twice, in 1995 and in 2010 and sets the base line for the maritime training requirements in the world. The STCW Convention requires that training leading to the issue of a certificate is ‘approved’. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) does not approve any training courses or institutes the approval is normally given by the Maritime Administration of an certain flag state. The STCW convention requires that STCW training and assessment of seafarers are administered, supervised and monitored in accordance with the provisions of the STCW Code; and those responsible for STCW courses and assessment of competence of seafarers are appropriately qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Code.

Centro de Educación Náutica Mercante is interested to apply for different flag state approvals to be able to be you training partner in STCW courses.