Reiwa7Years11Month26On Wednesday, the first training ship of our university, Umitaka Maru, was held at Toyomi Fisheries Wharf.78The departure ceremony for the next voyage (long-sea voyage) was held.

　At the departure ceremony, students majoring in marine science who will be participating in the voyage34The names of the crew members were lined up on the deck of the Umitaka Maru, and after a speech by President Toshio Iseki, there were speeches from Ryugo Miyake, Director of the Marine and Earth Sciences Division, Research and Development Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and Yoshifumi Nogi, Director of the National Institute of Polar Research, Information and Systems Research Organization, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation. Finally, Captain Tadashi Miyazaki of the Umitaka Maru gave a speech before the departure. After the closing ceremony, the Umitaka Maru left the port, seen off by family members and attendees.3We set sail on a long voyage that lasted for months.
　First78The next voyage will be a training voyage for students majoring in marine science, with port calls in Singapore and Australia.67The vessel is scheduled to sail the Southern Ocean facing Antarctica as a separate unit of the next Antarctic Research Expedition, and will conduct basic oceanographic observations in the area.
　Returning to port is Reiwa8Years3Month4This is the schedule for the day.The latest sailing status isUmitaka Maru's 78nd voyage pageIt will be published on , so please take a look.

Greetings (President Iseki)

Guest speech (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Director Miyake)

Greetings from the guest (Director Nogi, National Institute of Polar Research)

Greetings (Captain Miyazaki)

Marine Science major students being seen off

Umitaka Maru departing from port