Clyde Marine Training (CMT) has introduced a new website and refreshed visual identity as part of its continuing work to improve the experience it provides for cadets, sponsoring shipping companies, colleges and maritime industry clients. The launch also introduces MATRICS, a platform designed to improve access to training information [...]

Clyde Marine Training (CMT) welcomed clients, colleges, industry bodies and cadets to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow on Tuesday 23 June 2026 for its annual conference. The event brought together key voices from across the maritime training landscape to discuss cadet recruitment, training delivery, regulatory developments and the [...]

Clyde Marine Training (CMT) has strengthened its maritime training offering after its parent Company Northern Marine Group secured long-term access to a newly launched £2.5 million shipping simulation hub at City of Glasgow College - now the largest and most advanced facility of its kind in Europe. As a [...]

A Clyde Marine Training cadet has been awarded the prestigious “MCA Officer Trainee of the Year” annual award at a major shipping event in London. Luka Haynes received the Maritime Coastguard Agency award in front of 800 industry professionals at the UK Chamber of Shipping Dinner event on Monday [...]

Three Clyde Marine Training cadets were chosen by Warsash Maritime School to attend the recent Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service ceremony on Tuesday 5th November at London’s Trinity House. The annual state ceremony honours the contributions of British Merchant Navy members, with the medal recognition of the recipient’s devotion [...]

Clyde Marine Training (CMT) joined forces with four maritime focused companies to host 500 Primary school children at a special 2-day event at the City of Glasgow College – Riverside Campus, giving them an insight into the world of shipping. The Buoyed Up@Work programme, organised by the Sir Thomas [...]

As part of our ‘Alumni’ series, Clyde Marine Training (CMT) spoke to recently qualified Marine Engineer cadet Renats Sukulejs. Renats was sponsored during his time with CMT by the Maritime Education Foundation (MEF) and attended Warsash Maritime School (part of Solent University, Southampton), achieving his HND in Marine Engineering [...]

Clyde Marine Training General Manager, Thomas Campbell, recently took part in a Seatrade Maritime News podcast, with journalist Paul Bartlett, focusing on meeting the future needs of seafarers. The conversation covers a broad range of topics around the cadet training and what the future holds including: The global shortage [...]

The Bi-annual Clyde Marine Training conference took place on Tuesday 14th November at Glasgow’s Crowne Plaza hotel, bringing together representatives from academia, regulatory bodies, shipping companies and cadets to discuss the issues - both positive and negative - affecting the industry today. Attendees began by hearing presentations from Northern [...]

Summer is a busy time for Clyde Marine Training as we look to recruit the next generation of Merchant Navy seafarers, but it is also a time where we get to celebrate the graduation of current cadets. Whilst we are proud of all the cadets who successfully pass through our [...]