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 |