Our ports update has been abbreviated to show just those terminals where damage and or interruption has been reported. A spreadsheet listing the status of all terminals for which we have reports is attached to this update.
Port
Status
Terminal
Status
Chiba
Open
Cosmo Oil (Main)
Refining under suspension / Cargo ops in working
Kashima
Open
Kashima Oil
Refining to resume around this summer / Cargo ops in working by coasters
Kashima
Open
Mitsubishi Chem
Plant under restroration / Expected to resume in late May
Kashima
Open
Shin-Etsu Chem
Shore facilities under restoration
Onahama
Open for limited vessels
Onahama Petroleum
Coaster berths partly operating
Sendai
Open
JXNOE
Refining expected to resume in 2012 summer / Cargo ops to resume around this summer
This maritime security guidance has been drafted jointly by BIMCO, ICS, INTERTANKO, INTERCARGO, and OCIMF following an incident in which a Tanker conducting STS Operations in International waters in the Persian Gulf reported a limpet mine attached to the hull of the vessel.
