NYK opens newly built car carrier to public at Umi Expo 2026　日本郵船、「うみ博2026」で新造自動車船を公開

Chief officer Kouta Makino highlights appeal of seafaring as NYK seeks to broaden interest in maritime careers

海運の仕事の裾野広げる、牧野一等航海士が船員の魅力語る

　NYK took part in Umi Expo 2026 in Yokohama on 8-9 August together with its group companies, offering visitors a tour of the car carrier COSMOS LEADER, a tugboat experience, talks by deck and engineering officers, and a ship-handling simulator experience.

■The full article covers the following points (approximately 2,000 Japanese characters)

→ NYK opens newly completed car carrier COSMOS LEADER to the public at Umi Expo 2026

→ Ship tours, tugboat experience and ship-handling simulator bring maritime careers closer to visitors

→ Izumi Kawamura explains how introducing children to work at sea and life on board helps broaden interest in the maritime industry

→ Kobe-born chief officer Kouta Makino, whose grandfather was a fisherman, discusses what first drew him to a career at sea and the appeal of seafaring

→ Makino, who has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz many times, shares his thoughts on the changing operating environment

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日本郵船、「うみ博2026」で新造自動車船を公開

海運の仕事の裾野広げる、牧野一等航海士が船員の魅力語る

　日本郵船（NYK）は8月8、9日、横浜市で開催された「うみ博2026」にグループ会社とともに参加し、自動車専用船「COSMOS LEADER」の船内見学をはじめ、タグボートの体験乗船、航海士・機関士のトークセッション、操船シミュレータ体験会を実施した。

■記事本文では以下の内容を読むことができます（記事全文約2,000文字）

→ 日本郵船、「うみ博2026」で竣工直後の新造自動車船「COSMOS LEADER」を一般公開

→ 船内見学、タグボート体験、操船シミュレータなどを通じ、海運の仕事を身近に

→ 川村泉氏、子どもたちに船の仕事や船上生活を伝え「海運の裾野を広げる」

→ 神戸出身、祖父は漁師。牧野航大（Kouta Makino）一等航海士が語る船員を目指した原点と仕事の魅力

→ ホルムズ海峡を何度も航行した牧野氏、変化する航海環境への率直な思いも語る

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