Training Partnership Announcement

MarSAR International is proud to announce our latest partnership with one of the UK’s leading maritime training providers - John Percival Marine Associates (JPMA). The partnership being announced today (29/09/2022) with strengthen both organisations by allowing an expansion of services by combined MarSAR International’s proven vessel management, onboard training, assessment and audit services across the commercial and search and rescue sectors with JPMA’s decades of specialism in delivery of Royal Yachting Association and Maritime Coastguard Agency accredited course, including STCW courses across the commercial, leisure and yachting industries.

MarSAR International’s Director Matthew Schanck said: “This partnership will give our clients and customers access to a wider range of accredited training services and courses, including STCW courses that are currently in high demand for volunteers onboard international search and rescue vessels in the Mediterranean and elsewhere in the world. It will also allow us to bring our expertise in emergency response training, navigational audits and assessments, incident investigation and vessel management further into the commercial sector and into the yachting industry, improving safety and ensuring crews, vessels, owners and operators are able to be prepared for the unexpected whilst protecting their most important assets – their people.”

John Percival Marine Associates’ Managing Director Anna Percival-Harris said: “We are thrilled to announce these new partnerships with three prestigious Wirral based companies, in our 25th anniversary year. JPMA has always aimed to provide crew with a diverse portfolio of services, and with these new partnerships, we can expand our offering once more. JPMA has always aimed to provide crew with a diverse portfolio of services, and with these new partnerships, we can expand our offering once more. By partnering with MarSAR, our superyacht and workboat students can now access a much wider range of non-mandatory courses, which compliment our wide variety of RYA and MCA accredited Deck & Engineering courses. We very much look forward to working closely with our new partners”

For more information on the RYA and MCA accredited STCW courses on offer, visit www.hss.ac.uk