Reiwa6Years11Month26On Tuesday, the first training ship of our university, Umitaka-Maru, was held at Toyonobu Fisheries Wharf.74The 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 voyage32The names of the crew lined up on the deck of the Umitaka Maru, and after a speech by President Toshio Iseki, speeches were given by Akihide Okada, Deputy Director of the Marine and Earth Sciences Division of the Research and Development Bureau of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, on behalf of Director Takashi Nakagawa of the Division, and Yoshifumi Nogi, Director of the National Institute of Polar Research, Information and Systems Research Organization, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation. Finally, Captain Toshifumi Hayashi of the Umitaka Maru gave a speech before the departure. After the closing ceremony, the Umitaka Maru left the port for about 10 minutes, seen off by the crew and their families and guests.3We set sail on a long voyage that lasted for months.
　First74The next cruise will be a training cruise for students of the Department of Marine Sciences. In addition, on this cruise, the team will conduct basic observations (ocean physics and chemistry) as a separate unit of the Antarctic Research Expedition.
　Returning to port is Reiwa7Years3Month3This is the schedule for the day.The latest sailing status isUmitaka Maru's 74nd voyage pageIt will be published on , so please take a look.

Greetings (President Iseki)

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

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

Greetings (Captain Hayashi)
*Surrounding them are students from the Department of Marine Sciences.

Umitaka Maru departing from port