The United States Coast Guard is the governing agency responsible for regulation related to testing and licensure of mariners in the inland waterways industry. There are however many educational institutions located throughout the United States that provides all or a portion of the required classroom and on-the-job training needed to sit for select licensure exams. A certain percentage of these providers are degree-granting institutions associated with the U.S. Military as well as various major and regional universities.

For your information, the National Maritime Center (NMC) has launched a new Help Line providing up-to-date information regarding the licensing process at 888.427.5662. You may also find USCG licensing & documentation information at the following website: www.uscg.mil/nmc/

The following links related to mariner training are provided as an educational resource:

The River School
www.riverschool.com

Davis Marine
www.davismarinetraining.com

Inland Waterways Academy
www.marshall.edu/ctc/www/contact/inlandwaterwaysacademy.shtml

The Workboat Academy
www.workboatacademy.com

The Mariners School
www.marinersschool.com

U.S. Maritime Institute
www.usmaritimeinstitute.com/home.html

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
www.usmma.edu

U.S. Naval Academy
www.nadn.nav.mil

United States Coast Guard Academy
www.cga.edu

Global Maritime & Transportation School
http://gmats.usmma.edu/

Great Lakes Maritime Academy
www.nme.edu/maritime

Northeast Maritime Institute
www.northeastmaritime.com

Maritime Institute of Technology & Graduate Studies
www.mitags.org

Maritime Institute
www.maritimeinstitute.com

Texas A&M Maritime
www.tamug.edu

SUNY Maritime
www.sunymaritime.edu

California Maritime Academy
www.csum.edu

College of Marine Studies
www.ocean.udel.edu

Blue Water Maritime School
www.bluewatermaritimeschool.com