Japan ports - status update 15th March

The entire damaged areas, the northeast Japanese coasts are in the state of chaos. Earthquakes have still repeatedly been shaking the areas. It is extremely difficult to communicate with the local people there and obtain information and updates due to the communication system break-down.

However, the following ports in south to north order have reportedly been all seriously damaged; Kashima, Hitachinaka, Hitachi, Onahama, Soma, Sendai, Shiogama, Ishinomaki, Kesennuma, Ofunato, Kamashi, Miyako and Hachinohe. Please find these ports on the attached map. They will not be able to be operational at least months or even years.

All the others ports are working normally but please recheck with us for any particular port concerned.The major steel mills such as Nippon Steel, JFE and Sumitomo Metal are located at ports of Muroran, Kashima, Kimitsu (Kisarazu), Kawasaki, Nagoya, Wakayama, Kakogawa, Mizushima, Fukuyama, Oita, etc. and are not directly affected by the disaster except for Sumitomo Metal terminal at Kashima which has been damaged. Most of the major shipyards are located outside the damaged areas especially southern part of Japan, thus no damage by the earthquakes or tsunami.

Port   Terminal  
Sendai Closed JXNOE Terminal on fire / Closed
Onahama Closed Onahama Petroleum Closed
    Kashima Denkai Closed
Kashima Closed Kashima Oil Closed
Akita Open Tohoku Elect Working in normal
Niigata Open Tohoku Elect Working in normal
  Closed Cosmo Oil Terminal on fire / Closed
  Open Fuji Oil Working in normal
    Idemitsu Kosan Working in normal
    KPI Working in normal
Chiba   Sumitomo Chem Working in normal
    JXNOE  No damage on berth / Shore facilities under checking / Naphtha import seems not to resume soon, for tanks full
Kawasaki Open TGSK Shore facilities under checking / If all in order, first shipment start from 15th March
Yokohama Open JXNOE (Negishi) No damage on berth / Shore facilities under checking
    JXNOE (Chita) Working in normal
    Idemitsu Kosan (Aichi) Working in normal
Nagoya Open Isewan Sea Berth Working in normal
    Cosmo Oil Working in normal
Yokkaichi Open Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu Working in normal
Atsumi Open Chubu Elect Working in normal
Owase Open Chubu Elect Working in normal
Shimotsu Open TGSK  (Wakayama) Working in normal
    Cosmo Oil Working in normal
    OIREC (ex JXNOE Osaka) Working in normal
    TGSK Working in normal
    Mitsui Chem Working in normal
Sakai Open Marubeni Ennex Working in normal
Sakaide Open Cosmo Oil Working in normal
    JXNOE A Factory Working in normal
Mizushima Open JXNOE B Factory Working in normal
Iwakuni Open JXNOE (Marifu) Working in normal
Tokuyama Open Idemitsu Kosan Working in normal
Kanokawa Open Kanokawa Terminal Working in normal
Kikuma Open Taiyo Oil Working in normal
Namikata Open Namikata Terminal Working in normal
    JXNOE Working in normal
Oita Open Showa Denko Working in normal
Saganoseki Open Pan Pacific Copper Working in normal

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UK P&I

Date15/03/2011