HISTORY
Date | Movement of NMRI |
July 1916 | Established as the Ship Equipment Inspection Station under the Ministry of Telecommunication and Transport. |
April 1950 | Transportation Research Institute was established. |
April 1959 | Completion of Mitaka No. 1 Ship Test Tank (80m Square Tank). |
April 1963 | Ship Research Institute was established. |
October 1966 | Completion of Mitaka No. 2 Ship Test Tank (400m Towing Tank). |
March 1967 | Completion of Rolling Test Tank. |
March 1974 | Completion of Large Cavitation Tunnel. |
March 1978 | Completion of Ocean Engineering Basin. |
March 1980 | Completion of Ice Model Basin. |
April 2001 | Start of operation as the Independent Administrative Institution, National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI)/ (start of 1st Mid-Term Objectives/Plan.) |
June 2002 | Completion of Deep Sea Basin. |
April 2006 | Start of 2nd Mid-Term Objectives/Plan. |
June 2010 | Completion of Actual Sea Model Basin. |
April 2011 | Start of 3rd Mid-Term Objectives/Plan. |
April 2015 | Reorganized as National Maritime Research Institute. |
April 2016 | Reorganized as part of National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology (MPAT). |
Main Building of National Maritime Research Institute (Mitaka, Tokyo)
Former Ministry of Telecommunication and Transport
(in present Chuo-ku, Tokyo)