Contributing to the local community through collaboration among industry, government, and academia
NYK and Nippon Marine Enterprises, Ltd. (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) held an opening ceremony on May 28 for the Akita School of Wind and Sea, a training center for offshore wind farm operators and seafarers based at Akita Prefectural Oga Marine High School.
The ceremony was attended by Norihisa Satake, governor of Akita Prefecture; Hiroshi Chishima, DIRECTOR-GENERAL of General Coordination and Policy Planning Department of Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry（METI Tohoku）; Koji Sugawara, mayor of Oga; and Takaya Soga, president of NYK.
Takaya Soga, president of NYK, during his opening ceremony address
Norihisa Satake, Governor of Akita Prefecture, delivering a congratulatory address
At Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
From left, Hiroyuki Asano, Principal, Akita Prefectural Oga Marine High School; Koji Sugawara, Mayor of Oga; Hiroshi Chishima, DIRECTOR-GENERAL of General Coordination and Policy Planning Department of Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry（METI Tohoku）; Norihisa Satake, Governor of Akita Prefecture; Takaya Soga, President of NYK; Hiroshi Inoue, General Manager of Nissui Corporation; and Masakatsu Yamada, President of Nippon Marine Enterprises, Ltd.
The day included an introduction to a Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV)* training simulator, a pool for maritime survival training, and a firefighting facility for training in the event of an onboard fire.
CTV handling simulator
Firefighting training facility
Pool training facility (1)
Pool training facility (2)
This training center was established on April 1 under the fiscal 2022 and 2023 subsidy program for offshore wind power human resource development by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, which is part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The most significant feature of this center is that it was established in collaboration with local governments, educational institutions, and companies in Akita Prefecture, and it is the first training center in Japan to be established within an existing school.
By providing an environment that deepens interest in and understanding of the offshore wind industry in the educational setting of a school, the training center is expected to serve as a place where students and instructors can gather and grow and play a key role in local development through the economic benefits that will be generated by the traffic of people involved. We will continue to work hard to make the facility a place that is loved by and contributes to the local community through collaboration among industry, government, and academia.
Please click here for more information about this training center and its training.
①Akita School of Wind and Sea (in Japanese)
②Akita School of Wind and Sea Application Page (in Japanese)
③Press Release: NYK to Open Akita School of Wind and Sea Training Center
Click here to see a video (in Japanese) that summarizes the thoughts of various people involved in the establishment of this training center. This video was shown at the opening ceremony.
* Produced by Outcrop Inc., https://outcropstudios.com/about/
On March 10, 2023, the NYK Group released its medium-term management plan “Sail Green, Drive Transformations 2026 ― A Passion for Planetary Wellbeing.” The NYK Group is promoting growth strategies with ESG at the core, based on the Group’s mission statement of “Bringing value to life” and a new corporate vision for 2030, which reads, “we go beyond the scope of a comprehensive global logistics enterprise to co-create value required for the future by advancing our core business and growing new ones.”
*Crew Transfer Vessel
A vessel used to transport technicians safely and comfortably to and from sites during offshore wind power construction and maintenance. The vessel is built for high-speed operation and comes equipped with stability equipment that allows crews to safely transfer to and from the offshore wind farms.
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