Bulgarian Maritime Training Centre was established in July 1974 to help the personnel employed in the shipping industry to prepare for Maritime Administration examinations and trough the years has become a complete training source for professional qualification. In 1989 the BMTC was declared as a national maritime training centre by Bulgarian Ministry of Transport and as a Centre of Excellence in its field over the years has constantly strengthen its position as the leading provider of high quality courses for seafarers working on board merchant vessels.

BULGARIAN MARITIME TRAINING CENTRE, VARNA Presently BMTC provides over 60 different training courses arranged in the following main scopes of training: • Upgrading training Long-term Prep Courses for Qualification Improvement and Upgrading of Maritime Competencies: - Chief Officer and Master Foreign Going – prep course - Chief Engineer - prep course - Second Engineer – prep course - Officer in Navigational Watch – prep course - Officer in Engineering Watch – prep course •Safety Training Courses in accordance with the requirements of STCW 78 ‘

Full Mission Bridge Simulator “POLARIS”, produced by Kongsbers AS, class А , according to the DNV was installed at BMTC in 2003.
  15 different ship models, 10 sailing areas are available and different competencies and tasks can be trained and solved in sophisticated training envirionment.