Shanghai Maritime University Opens NYK Conference Hall
November 2, 2007
Managing Corporate Officer
Center right: Yu Shicheng, President of Shanghai Maritime University
Center right: Takao Manji, NYK Representative Director and Senior
Managing Corporate Officer
Shanghai Maritime University, which has graduated thousands of Chinese maritime professionals, has opened its newly completed 260-seat NYK Conference Hall. A ceremony to commemorate the event was held on October 31, 2007, and was attended by university administrators and faculty, as well as Takao Manji, NYK Representative Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer; Hiroshi Hattori, NYK Managing Corporate Officer; and Hiroshi Sekine, NYK Corporate Officer.
The NYK Conference Hall was built using a donation of 0.9 million RMB(approx. 13.8 million JPY) from NYK and will be used for both curricular and extracurricular events.
NYK has been a major supporter of Shanghai Maritime University for several years through the active participation by NYK senior staff in the education of the university?s young cadets, not to mention the scholarships and loans that NYK offers to a number of cadets. Further, each year for several years now, NYK has established its own special class of select cadets, and as members of the ?NYK Special Class,? these cadets are given two and a half years of courses and one year of onboard training. The first graduates are now working on NYK Group containerships, car carriers, and bulk carriers.
Shanghai Maritime University is one of the largest maritime universities in China, and its numerous graduates work at logistics companies and government-related organizations, such as the country?s Maritime Safety Administration.
NYK continues to support initiatives that improve maritime education and contribute to the maritime profession through close ties with Shanghai Maritime University.