Lloyd’s Register (LR) and MatPal Marine Institute Inc. yesterday announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) to jointly support safe maritime training in Guyana.
As part of the MoU, MatPal will promote and host LR training courses in its training centre, a release from the two entities said. Training courses will include Ship Emergency Response Service (SERS), Risk Management and Incident Investigation and Practical Approach to Ship Surveys, amongst others.
The release said that the MoU will focus on local content development in Guyana and support oil and gas companies to navigate requirements in the Region.
Kevin Humphreys, LR’s President for the Americas, said: “This Memorandum of Understanding with MatPal demonstrates our commitment to supporting local content development in Guyana ….”
Coleen Abrams, Chief Executive Officer of MatPal Marine Institute Inc., hailed the MoU as a “landmark achievement that will unequivocally boost the level and scope of maritime and oil and gas training offered to Guyanese and in direct response to the clarion call for the building of local content capacity and capability within Guyana.”
