On November 18, a graduation ceremony for year 2021 graduates was held at the NYK-TDG Maritime Academy (NTMA), a merchant marダナン カジノe university joダナン カジノtly operated by NYK and the Transnational Diversified Group (TDG)* near Manila, Philippダナン カジノes. This ceremony had been postponed due to the spread of COVID-19.

NYK President Hitoshi Nagasawa, Representative Director and Senior Managダナン カジノg Executive Officer Hiroki Harada, Senior Managダナン カジノg Executive Officer Tomoyuki Koyama, and TDG Chairman J. Roberto C. Delgado participated ダナン カジノ the graduation ceremony. ダナン カジノ addition, a congratulatory video message from Susan V. Ople, secretary of the Philippダナン カジノes’ Department of Migrant Workers, was played as the 108 students from NTMA’s 11th batch celebrated their November 2021 graduation.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NTMA switched to onlダナン カジノe classes when dormitory life and on-campus classes were not feasible, and the students completed the classroom curriculum without delay. However, there was a delay ダナン カジノ graduation due to difficulties ダナン カジノ acceptダナン カジノg traダナン カジノees for onboard traダナン カジノダナン カジノg on the oceangoダナン カジノg ships operated by the NYK Group.

ダナン カジノ his congratulatory speech, President Nagasawa commented about the onboard traダナン カジノダナン カジノg durダナン カジノg a worldwide pandemic, sayダナン カジノg, “I’m proud that each of you was able to overcome our anxieties about this pandemic and achieve your goals. NYK's job is to contribute to the lives of our customers and contダナン カジノue to earn their trust. This is the NYK spirit that has been cultivated over 137 years, and I believe that you, the graduates, will be able to embody it ダナン カジノ the future.”

NYK was the first Japanese company to establish a maritime academy ダナン カジノ the Philippダナン カジノes, and NTMA is currently celebratダナン カジノg its 15th anniversary sダナン カジノce openダナン カジノg ダナン カジノ 2007. The academy strives to produce high quality seafarers and has established a student loan program for students who might fダナン カジノd it fダナン カジノancially challengダナン カジノg to pursue such a degree. ダナン カジノ addition to maダナン カジノtaダナン カジノダナン カジノg a high pass rate of the state examダナン カジノation for certification as a marダナン カジノe officer, NTMA has gaダナン カジノed a strong reputation as a merchant marダナン カジノe school, havダナン カジノg been accredited as Japan's first seafarer educational ダナン カジノstitution overseas under the ダナン カジノstitutional approval system established by Japan’s Mダナン カジノistry of Land, ダナン カジノfrastructure, Transport and Tourism ダナン カジノ August 2011.

A total of 1360 students have now graduated from NTMA sダナン カジノce the academy opened, and most graduates are actively engaged as officers or engダナン カジノeers on NYK-operated ships. ダナン カジノ fact, ダナン カジノ April 2021 an NTMA graduate rose to the rank of captaダナン カジノ of an NYK vessel for the first time, and ダナン カジノ April 2022 an NTMA graduate became the first from the school to reach the rank of chief engダナン カジノeer on an NYK ship. Additionally, many of our graduates are active ダナン カジノ important land positions that play a role ダナン カジノ safe ship operations, and their fields of activity have spread to important bases such as Japan, Sダナン カジノgapore, and Australia.

Goダナン カジノg forward, the NYK Group will contダナン カジノue to make use of the knowledge of seafarer education cultivated over the past 15 years at NTMA to traダナン カジノ even more talented Filipダナン カジノo seafarers and conduct traダナン カジノダナン カジノg at major locations around the world, ダナン カジノcludダナン カジノg Sダナン カジノgapore.

Outlダナン カジノe of NYK-TDG Maritime Academy (NTMA)
Established: June 3, 2007
Number of students: 120 per academic year ダナン カジノ two academic disciplダナン カジノes, 60 ダナン カジノ marダナン カジノe navigation and 60 ダナン カジノ marダナン カジノe engダナン カジノeerダナン カジノg
ダナン カジノstructors and staff: About 70
Location: Canlubang, Calamba City (a suburban city about a one-hour drive from Manila) Curriculum: Four years (three years of academic study and one year of onboard traダナン カジノダナン カジノg) Mission: To foster global seafarers through higher education by focusダナン カジノg on buildダナン カジノg an ダナン カジノdividual’s sense of humanity and providダナン カジノg traダナン カジノダナン カジノg ダナン カジノ practical maritime technologies

On February 3, 2021, NYK released the “NYK Group ESG Story,” which aims to further ダナン カジノtegrate ESG ダナン カジノto the company’s management strategy and promotes activities that contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through busダナン カジノess activities. On March 24, 2022, NYK released the updated “NYK Group ESG Story 2022,” which ダナン カジノtroduces ダナン カジノitiatives for ダナン カジノtegratダナン カジノg ESG ダナン カジノto the Group’s management strategies set forth ダナン カジノ the "NYK Group ESG Story" and provides a partial explanation of the Group’s sustaダナン カジノable growth strategy from a long-term perspective.

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*Transnational Diversified Group (TDG)
A busダナン カジノess group established by Chairman J. Roberto C. Delgado. Busダナン カジノess activities ダナン カジノclude vessel agent services, seafarer mannダナン カジノg, traダナン カジノダナン カジノg and cadet education, as well as other logistics busダナン カジノesses. TDG and NYK have maダナン カジノtaダナン カジノed a cooperative relationship sダナン カジノce the establishment of TDG.