NYK, TDG to establish maritime college in Laguna

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) of Japan and the Transnational Diversified Group (TDG) of the Philippines will establish a maritime college in Canlubang, Laguna.

The school's primary objective is to train and develop highly-skilled seafarers for ocean vessels. Unlike conventional training facilities, the maritime college will be sanctioned by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It is expected to open in June 2007 and will initially accept 60 students for its navigation courses, plus 60 more for its engineering courses. It will also provide a boarding school for its students.

The establishment of this maritime college is planned to take place a little over 130 years since the Mitsubishi Mail Steamship Company, the predecessor of NYK, opened the private Mitsubishi Mercantile Marine School, which later became Tokyo University of Mercantile marine and today bears the name Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.

NYK is one of the world’s leading transportation companies. The NYK Group operates approximately 650 major ocean vessels as well as plans, trains and trucking fleets. .

TDG, on the other hand, is a Philippine and Asia-based group of over 30 companies, which are major players in Total Logistics, Total Ship Management, Seafarer Training, Travel & Tour, Airline & Airport Services, Information & Communications Technology (ICT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Services, Customer Contact/Call Center Services.