Lloyd’s Maritime Academy was born from Lloyd’s List.

Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is the trusted brand for professional development, working with leading academic and industry bodies to provide accredited education and training where it is much needed.

We are stepping up investment in new learning management platforms, improved content and learner resources to enhance your experience and ensure maximum reward for the investment you make in your future.

We continue to research new topics to provide you with the qualifications needed for a successful career; supporting a safer, cleaner and more efficient shipping industry for decades to come.

We look forward to welcoming you onto one of our programmes.

Looking to develop your team or organisation?

Our bespoke in-company solutions provide the skills and knowledge to educate teams and enhance performance in your company. Our clients include Maersk Broker, APM Terminals and Subsea 7.

You can take one of our online courses off the shelf and delivered it to your organisation, tailor one of the courses to your company’s requirements – or we can build a programme for you from scratch.

All of our in-company programmes can be delivered face-to-face, online or a blend of both.

Celebrating over 39 years of providing maritime training programmes to the industry, Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is firmly established as the leading international brand for professional development.

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Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly important for the maritime industry. The rise of automation in the maritime supply chain along with the demand for more autonomous shipping has led to an increase in the demand for AI. Predictive maintenance, intelligent scheduling, and real-time analytics will drive AI to play a more important role.

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Certificate in AI in Shipping

The 14-week Certificate in Alternative Fuels course offers a close look at a range of new fuel alternatives – including LPG, methanol, hydrogen, biofuels, ammonia, nuclear and renewable energy – that will not only meet existing and possible future restrictions but can also be used to drive efficiency, minimise costs and reduce environmental impacts.

Certificate in Alternative Fuels

Certificate in Big Data in Shipping: Big data is a pressing issue in modern business, but in shipping, it can help streamline voyages, minimise emissions and impact the bottom line. Be part of the early adopters that already understand the potential of Big Data in the shipping industry and build a competitive advantage over the rest of the industry. Delivered by part-time tutored online learning, this course gives you a detailed foundation to Big Data in shipping, including data collation, storage and management and future applications of Big Data, in carefully constructed study modules.

Certificate in Big Data in Shipping

Blockchain is emerging as the future of shipping and is set to revolutionise the maritime industry. Receive the perfect introduction to this big game-changer with our 12-week Certificate in Blockchain Shipping course. You will learn what blockchain is, how it can be utilised in shipping, and how to leverage its benefits to improve your shipping operations.

Certificate in Blockchain Shipping

The Certificate in Bunkering Operations and Management is an important course for anyone involved with bunker fuel. It delivers an in-depth understanding of the industry, the way the market operates, commercial, technical and operational considerations, as well as how the industry is regulated. As the only distance learning course covering bunkering and bunker management, this programme helps students to keep updated with the latest advances in the field, including the IMO regulation calling for ships to reduce the maximum sulphur content of their fuels to 0.5 per cent, which will impact bunker operations.

Certificate in Bunkering Operations and Management

The Certificate in Chartering is a fascinating course designed to give all those involved with these crucial contracts a practical, commercial and legal grounding in charter parties. Compiled by specialists, the carefully structured study modules of the Certificate in Chartering programme highlight all the important issues and pitfalls, and discuss legal and practical solutions to problems, plus how to avoid them by good planning.

Certificate in Chartering

The 12-week online Certificate in Combatting Marine and Air Pollution from Shipping is the only course on the legislative frameworks governing maritime pollution prevention of both sea and air and practical aspects of compliance. The syllabus covers many important topics and issues including what we mean by pollution and how it occurs, pollution from noxious substances in bulk and packaged form, oil pollution, IMO 2020 sulphur cap, and emission trading schemes.

Certificate in Combatting Marine and Air Pollution from Shipping

The Certificate in Commercial Management and Procurement delivers the essential knowledge and skills required to build and enhance your knowledge of commercial management and strategic procurement - and how these can deliver benefits to the bottom-line immediately through a minimised cost-base and increased business.

Certificate in Commercial Management and Procurement

Get a thorough overview of the container shipping industry including ready-to-use business strategies, information about container logistics, and shipping costs. The 12-week distance learning Certificate in Container Shipping provides a complete guide to liner trade and maritime container logistics with a focus on commercial, technical and operational aspects.

Certificate in Container Shipping

This Certificate in Container Terminal Operations and Management course examines the essentials of container terminals from all angles, providing detailed knowledge and practical information for those wishing to increase or update their understanding. To understand and be part of this dynamic sector, you need a detailed knowledge of container terminals and the trends shaping their development: the drivers of container traffic growth, ever-larger ships, innovative equipment, and evolving trade routes requiring new container terminals.

Certificate in Container Terminal Operations and Management

During six modules we will investigate shipbuilding contracts, with a detailed look at the stakeholders, processes, finance, legal and commercial issues, delivery and guarantees. Whether you are from a commercial or production background, a broker, or working from a shipping company or in a support role, this course will benefit you.

Certificate in Contracting Newbuildings

The retention of seafarers is a major issue in the shipping industry. Effective crew management is vital for shipping companies, and in today’s economy, effective manning will prove to be even more important. Knowing the how-tos is essential to creating better working environments and keeping crews happier and safer. In just 12 short weeks, the online Certificate in Crew Manning will give you the exact tools and knowledge for effective crew management.

Certificate in Crew Manning

Certificate in Crew Welfare Management course is intended for both management at the office and management on board. What's important for the management at the office is ships being on time, retention of crews, zero equipment failures, zero personnel injuries etc. What's important for ship crews is the ability to cope with work-related stress, fewer conflicts and injuries and good communication, skills to handle specific working environment challenges: noise, vibrations, rolling, nausea, separation from loved ones etc.

Certificate in Crew Welfare Management

Learn how to consider Environmental, Social & Governance issues in corporate decision-making, financial planning, operational performance, and reporting to investors and other stakeholders. The 12-week Certificate in Environmental, Social & Govern (ESG) in Shipping delivers the concept of ESG and how it can be utilised in shipping.

Certificate in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in Shipping

FPSOs (Floating Production and Storage and Offloading units) are the primary model for oil production offshore. As more oil is discovered in more remote and inaccessible areas, FPSOs are becoming more important. The 12-week online Certificate in FPSOs course explores the design, technology, commercial aspects, project management and operation and deployment of these important assets.

Certificate in FPSOs

The 16-week distance learning Certificate in Heavy Lift provides the key principles involved in Heavy Lift Operations and knowledge of how a heavy lift project works in practice.

Certificate in Heavy Lift

The online Certificate in Hull Structure, Materials and Life-Saving Appliance Survey Techniques course provides training on areas and methods of inspection of key elements of the hull structure and life-saving appliances. Over 12 weeks and 6 more modules, the course will cover the assessment, validation and testing of materials, and how to differentiate between material grades.

Certificate in Hull Structure, Materials and Life-Saving Appliance Survey Techniques

This comprehensive 12-week online course will explore the contractual and legal regulations governing operations at each phase of the oil and gas contract law – from discovery to sale – and equip you with the awareness and skills necessary to succeed in the ever-changing global commercial oil and gas environment.

Certificate in International Oil and Gas Contract Law

This Certificate in KPIs for Ports and Terminals course explores many areas such as key issues for ports today and in the future. It also provides an understanding of balanced scorecards, strategy mapping, setting and measuring targets and objectives, all of this with lots of examples of KPIs.

Certificate in KPIs for Ports and Terminals

The 12-week Certificate in LNG distance learning course will provide a much-needed understanding of sector influences to excel in this industry, as well as an all-round view of the LNG industry, insights into the latest trends, commercial, operational and technical aspects.

Certificate in LNG

Develop a comprehensive understanding of LNG ships – the design, construction and operational aspects. The 12-week online Certificate in LNG Ships course will provide essential knowledge to anyone working with (or aiming to work with) LNG ships, as well as those seeking a deeper understanding of how LNG ships operate.

Certificate in LNG Ships

Understand the difference between profit or loss; conciliation or litigation; success or failure in trade deals and chartering enterprises. The 12-week distance learning Certificate in Laytime & Demurrage provides key knowledge on diffusing disputes and maximising charter profits.

Certificate in Laytime and Demurrage

The Certificate in Logistics Management part-time distance education course provides a comprehensive grounding in the major disciplines of logistics management. Topics covered include analysis of the major forces shaping modern supply chain planning and operations, as well as key functions such as logistics outsourcing and sustainability.

Certificate in Logistics Management

The Certificate in Machinery Electrical and Emergency Systems Survey Techniques is designed to develop and expand the knowledge of existing and potential marine surveyors on areas and methods of inspection of key elements of the machinery on board vessels, electrical systems and emergency systems.

Certificate in Machinery Electrical and Emergency Systems Survey Techniques

This 12-week Certificate in Marine Claims program covers wet and dry claims, and it is applicable to both new entrants to the field as well as more experienced practitioners who are looking to fill gaps in their knowledge and develop a broader perspective of maritime commerce.

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