Within the World Maritime Day “2018” Celebration that was held on Tuesday 25- 9- 2018, at the port of Alexandria, Port Training Institute (PTI) of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime (AASTMT) was honored as for PTI effective role in training and rehabilitation programs for maritime sector that raise the efficiency of human cadres in the Egyptian and Middle East companies, where Dr. Hisham Arafat – Egyptian Minister of Transport honored Dr. Akaram Al-Salamy - Dean of PTI by the "Shield of Excellence in maritime education and training", in the presence of H.E Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag - AASTMT President, H.E General Ahmed Khaled Hassan - Commander of Naval Forces and H.E Admiral Reda Ismail - Head of Maritime Transport Sector, in addition to the Heads of the board of directors of various ports and companies specialized in the maritime transport industry.