The Ports Authority Training Institute is an associate Member in the TRAINMAR Network. The TRAINMAR has extended her assistance for the development of training activities of the institute to enhance the knowledge and skills of the operational staff in the field of Operations and Maritime transport.

The IMO has also assisted the Training Institute by conducting the Training Courses on Safety and Pollution control and also provided equipment to organise the Mandatory and the Advanced Fire Fighting Courses for seafarers at the institute.

The Training Institute has also been selected by the ESCAP as a backup Institute to provide training facilities to the (ASCOBIPS) Association of shippers Councils of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka under the ESCAP / Ship Users co-operation Project (SUCOP).