Maritime Universities all over the world have the responsibility to train students not only to perform their daily duties according to their job description onboard ships but also to be able to socialize properly with their co-workers when performing duties which involve purely technical skills. Such a task could prove even more difficult because it is directly related to developing social skills and cultural awareness for students while putting into practice the technical knowledge acquired during university studies. In this paper, we intend to present Constanta Maritime University’s (CMU) challenge in the training meant to meet not only STCW 2010 Manila Amendments but also the multitude of social problems which can arise inside a multinational crew along with the continuous development of technology onboard ships. We are going to focus mainly on three different subjects which are part of our university’s training when it comes to providing proper social abilities onboard ships along with a correct technical training. Our Navigation Department introduced in the training programme subjects such as “Culture and Multiculturalism” and “Communication Elements Onboard Ships”. These two subjects aim precisely at raising future officers’ awareness of multicultural crews and the differences which could arise from the technological point of view in what proper social relationships mean in such a situation. A “Leadership” course for master studies is also included in the curricula having as a target to enhance not only social responsibility but also conflict resolution onboard ships especially when such conflicts arise because of technical failures. Even if maritime training institutions’ graduates are engineers highly educated in technological subjects, nowadays society requires all crew members to have proper social skills too. Finally, our paper intends not only to emphasis the importance of such studies but also the final outcome which is expected from such changes in our training.