NYK, NOS Pact for CTV for Japanese Offshore
Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Swedish contractor to offshore wind industry Northern Offshore Service AB (NOS) have agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) business related to offshore wind power generation.The two companies will start a joint study of a new CTV service to contribute to the success of offshore wind projects in Japan. NOS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swedish holding entity Northern Offshore Group AB (NOG).On April 1, 2019, a new law intended to facilitate the development of offshore wind projects off Japan
NYK Partners with KOSEN
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN) agreed to collaborate in the fields of education and public relations for the purpose of human resources development in the maritime industry and the promotion of maritime affairs awareness. NYK has a number of programs to educate the next generation of seafarers, and one of those programs facilitates international student-exchanges between students at KOSEN maritime schools and the NYK-TDG Maritime Academy, which NYK operates in the Philippines. In addition to these overseas exchange programs