MTIs Campus Life

HBIMS-NAF&SA™ — Your Gateway to World-Class MTI Campuses

HBIMS-NAF&SA is a facilitation framework — training happens at DGMA approved Maritime Training Institutes. Below is a representative snapshot of facilities you'll find at our partner MTIs. Your final MTI is chosen at Stage 8.

Classrooms

🏫 Modern Classrooms Academic Block · Smart Learning

Air-conditioned lecture spaces with smart boards, maritime diagrams and cadet-focused instruction for disciplined classroom learning.

Simulator

⚙️ Engine Room SimulatorMachinery · Watchkeeping · Safety

A hands-on simulator environment for marine diesel basics, auxiliary machinery, gauges, pipelines and safe engine-room practice.

Pool

🏊 Olympic Swimming PoolPST · PSSR · Sea Survival

A professional aquatic training setting for survival confidence, water drills, life-jacket practice and emergency readiness.

Hostel

🏠 Residential HostelDiscipline · Mess · 24×7 Care

A clean residential environment built around routine, hygiene, supervised living, mess discipline and focused cadet development.

Lab

💻 Computer Lab & ECDISNavigation · Route Planning · Digital Charts

High-focus workstations for chart familiarisation, ECDIS basics, digital navigation awareness and bridge-team decision practice.

Gym

🏋️ Fitness & SportsPT Track · Drill Square · Gymnasium

Daily physical conditioning, sports culture and parade discipline prepare cadets for endurance, teamwork and shipboard routine.

Classrooms

🔥 Fire-Fighting YardFPFF · Hose Team · Damage Control

A controlled fire-training zone for extinguisher handling, hose teamwork, smoke awareness and emergency response confidence.

Simulator

🛶 Lifeboat StationSurvival Craft · Davit · Abandon Ship

A dedicated survival-craft station for lifeboat orientation, life-jacket drills, muster routines and abandon-ship preparedness.

Pool

🪢 Seamanship YardKnots · Mooring · Deck Practice

A practical deck-skills yard for ropes, knots, splicing, bollards, mooring discipline and hands-on seamanship confidence.

Hostel

🏥 Medical First Aid RoomEFA · Sick Bay · Emergency Care

A simulated sick-bay environment for first-aid practice, stretcher handling, casualty response and onboard medical discipline.

Lab

📻 GMDSS LabRadio · Distress Call · Communication

A communication-lab environment for distress procedures, radio discipline, headset drills and emergency message clarity.

Gym

🗺️ Chart Room & LibraryNautical Charts · Reference · Study

A quiet academic space for chart reading, maritime references, voyage planning practice and disciplined self-study culture.

Training Infrastructure

DGMA-Approved MTI Facilities

HBIMS-NAF&SA is a facilitation framework — training happens at DGMA approved Maritime Training Institutes. Below is a representative snapshot of facilities you'll find at our partner MTIs. Your final MTI is chosen at Stage 8.

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Cadet Hostels

Twin-sharing AC rooms · attached bath · 24×7 power · 100 Mbps Wi-Fi · laundry service · daily housekeeping.

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Mess & Dining

4 meals a day · veg + non-veg · regional cuisines · nutritionist-approved menus · dedicated bakery section.

Engine Workshop

Cut-section main engine · auxiliary generators · pumps · purifiers · live operational lab for engine ratings.

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Lifeboat & Pool

25m swimming pool for STCW PST · davit-launched lifeboat · liferaft launching pad · fire fighting simulator nearby.

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Bridge Simulator

Full-mission bridge simulator with ECDIS, ARPA, GMDSS · scenario library for navigation training.

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Library & Classrooms

Maritime reference library · audio-visual classrooms · smart boards · individual study booths · journals.

Daily Schedule

A Cadet's Day on Campus

Maritime training is residential and disciplined — closer to a uniformed academy than a university. The day is structured by the ship's bell. Punctuality, uniform, and discipline are non-negotiable.

Why so early? Every working day at sea begins at 05:30. Your body has to adapt during training, not on your first ship.

05:30

Reveille & PT · Cross-country run, calisthenics, parade-ground drill

07:00

Breakfast & Inspection · Uniform check, locker inspection, room readiness

08:30

Classroom Period 1–3 · Maritime English, basic seamanship, ship knowledge

12:30

Lunch · Followed by 30 min mess deck duty (rotational)

14:00

Practical Training · Workshop, pool, lifeboat, simulator (rotational)

17:00

Games & Sports · Football, cricket, gym — mandatory daily fitness

19:30

Dinner & Self-Study · Personal time for reading, calls home, laundry

22:00

Lights Out · Strict — early start tomorrow, every day on a ship begins 05:30