MOL has been conducting education and training for students of the Philippine affiliated MOL at its training facility, but the final 7th gen member completed the classroom course and held a graduation ceremony.Future seafarer education and training will be transferred to the Merchant Marine University, which the company is developing.
According to MOL, the graduation ceremony held at the company's training facility MIS in the Philippines was attended by 7 87th gen members, Koichi Muto, Chairman of MOL, Shizuo Takahashi, Managing Executive Officer Masanori Kato, and officials from the Philippine Presidential Office. Attendance.Chairman Muto encouraged, "If you become a seafarer, your responsibility for safe operation will be heavy, but at that time, I want you to fully utilize the knowledge and skills you have cultivated in MIS."
Graduates will be hired as sailors of MOL after being trained on MOL's training ships and operating vessels.
MOL's new seafarer education and training is a program approved by the Philippine government as equivalent to university education, and has produced more than 2007 seafarers since 700.
MOL is in the process of opening a four-year commercial shipping university, which is one of the largest in the Asia-Pacific region, in Dasmarinas, about 30 kilometers south of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and is scheduled to open in June 4.There are nautical departments and engine departments, and there is a boarding system.The site area covers 2018 hectares, which is equivalent to 6 Tokyo Domes, and the total number of students in both departments is expected to be up to 2.8 per academic year.
