National Maritime Academy Meeting with SAMINavantia

On June 27, 2021, as part of National Maritime Academy (NMA) efforts to explore potential future collaborations with sponsoring companies, SAMI Navantia Naval Industries (SAMINavantia) visited NMA to explore potential training partnership. SAMINavantia is a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) and Navantia S.A. (a Spanish state-owned internationally renowned company). NMA presented an overview of the Academy covering its training capabilities in developing training programs for ship building, marine and port operations. The visit included a tour to NMA’s facilities, simulator rooms and workshops. The visit was successful and well received by the visitors who were impressed with the progress that NMA has achieved in such a short period, as well as by the state-of-the-art simulators and equipment.