-- Supporting students’ futures and helping develop human resource for the logistics industry --
Nippon Express (China) Co., Ltd. (Chairman: Sumitoshi Matsuo; hereinafter, "NX China"), and Nippon Express (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (President: Toru Naono; hereinafter, "NX Shanghai"), both Group companies of NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. (President: Satoshi Horikiri), held a scholarship award ceremony at Shanghai Maritime University on Friday, December 13.
Founded in 1912, Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) is one of the country's leading maritime universities in the development of forwarding management personnel, having been the first Chinese university to establish departments in transportation-related fields (transportation, shipping management, logistics management, and transport engineering).
NX China and NX Shanghai established a scholarship fund in January 2016 and concluded a memorandum of understanding with SMU to provide scholarships over a period of ten years. This year was the ninth in which these scholarships were offered, and ten SMU students selected as scholarship recipients attended the award ceremony. NX Shanghai President Naono presented scholarship certificates to the students at the ceremony on behalf of the NX Group, after which a representative of the recipients handed Mr. Naono a bouquet of flowers accompanied by words of appreciation to the NX Group.
The NX Group remains positively committed to undertaking social contribution activities to help develop human resources capable of playing active roles in the logistics industry.
