Graduation Ceremony Held at NYK TDG Maritime Academy in the Philippines 日本郵船・TDGのフィリピン商船大学で卒業式典

76 Cadets of the 15th Class Graduate; President Soga Praises Efforts of Students Who Enrolled During the Pandemic

第15期生76名、曽我社長、「コロナ禍に入学、困難を乗り越えた皆さんの努力」と祝辞

NYK announced on March 9, 2026 that the NYK-TDG Maritime Academy (NTMA), a maritime university jointly operated with Transnational Diversified Group (TDG) near Manila in the Philippines, held a graduation ceremony for its 15th class on March 5.

■The article includes the following content (full article approx. 3,000 words)

→Seventy-six cadets of the 15th class graduate from the Philippine maritime academy operated by NYK and TDG, bringing the cumulative total of seafarers produced to 1,707

→Background of how the cohort that enrolled online during the Covid-19 pandemic overcame difficulties and reached graduation

→Full text of the congratulatory address by President Takaya Soga, directly presenting expectations for maritime professionals

→Details of the ceremony attended by the Japanese ambassador, heads of Philippine government agencies, and other government and industry figures from both countries

→The role of NTMA and NYK’s human resource development strategy in the Philippines, the world’s largest supplier of seafarers

(The remainder can be read in the main text written in both English and Japanese. The Japanese article appears after the English version.)

Photo courtesy of NYK

日本郵船・TDGのフィリピン商船大学で卒業式典

第15期生76名、曽我社長、「コロナ禍に入学、困難を乗り越えた皆さんの努力」と祝辞

　日本郵船は2026年3月9日、フィリピンのマニラ近郊でTransnational Diversified Group（TDG）と共同運営する商船大学「NYK-TDG Maritime Academy（NTMA）」が3月5日、第15期生の卒業式典を実施したと発表した。

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→日本郵船とTDGが運営するフィリピン商船大学で第15期生76人が卒業、累計1707人の船員を輩出

→コロナ禍のオンライン入学世代が困難を乗り越えて卒業した背景

→曽我貴也（Takaya Soga）社長の祝辞を全文掲載、海運人材への期待を直接紹介

→日本大使やフィリピン政府機関トップなど日比の政府・業界関係者が出席した式典の詳細

→世界最大の船員供給国フィリピンで展開する日本郵船の人材育成戦略とNTMAの役割

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