WMTC was supported by the following organisations from around the world; members from every Global Partner were entitled to reduced registration fees.

• Asociación de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos de España (AINE)
  http://www.ingenierosnavales.com
• The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE)
  http://www.navalengineers.org/
• Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering (CIMarE)
  http://www.cimare.org/
• CRC Reef Research Centre
  http://www.reef.crc.org.au/
• The Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (CSNAME)
• The Danish Society for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (DSNAME)
  http://www.skibstekniskselskab.dk/
• The Hellenic Association of Naval Architects (HANA)
• The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
  http://www.hkie.org.hk/
• The Institute of Marine Engineers (India) (IMarE India)
  http://indiansailors.com/institute/imare/
• The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
  http://www.imarest.org
• The Japan Institution of Marine Engineering (JIME)
  http://www.jime.jp/
• The Nautical Institute (NI)
  http://www.nautinst.org/
• Teknisk-naturvitenskapelig forening (Tekna)
  The Norwegian Society of Chartered Technical and Scientific Professionals
  http://www.tekna.no/index.asp?strUrl=1002741i
• The Society of Polish Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (TOPKORAB)
  http://www.topkorab.org.pl
• Royal Belgian Institute of Marine Engineers (KBUSI/URBIN)
  http://www.kbusi.be
• The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)
  http://www.rina.org.uk/
• The Russian National Scientific and Technical Society for Shipbuilding (NTOS)
• South African Institute of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects (SAIMENA)
• The Japan Society of Naval Architects and
  Ocean Engineers
  http://www.jasnaoe.or.jp/index.html
• The Society of Naval Architects of Korea (SNAK)
  http://www.snak.or.kr/
• The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)
  http://www.sname.org/
• The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Singapore (SNAMES)
  http://www.snames.org.sg/
• Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Naval (SOBENA)
  http://www.sobena.org.br/
• Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft eV (STG)
  http://www.stg-online.de/
• Society for Underwater Technology (SUT)
  http://www.sut.org.uk/