This ports update bulletin is revised as and when new information on wet bulk terminals is received. Whilst the web page displays 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 the bulletin. A Japan ports map listing contact numbers for all the major ports is also listed.
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
The Club’s correspondents, Hyopsung Surveyors & Adjusters Corporation, provides an update on recent designations of ECAs and low speed areas at five major ports in South Korea.
From 1 September 2017, in Jiangsu and Zhenjiang provinces, the requirement of all ships at berth (1 hour after arrival and before departure are excluded) using low sulphur bunker (not exceeding 0.5%mm) is geographically expanded from the major ports to all ports within these two provinces.
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.
