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
Detail
Cargo
CHIBA
Open
Open
Cosmo Oil
- Refining under suspension / Cargo ops in working
Closed
No.2 Berth
Unknown when to resume
Jet
Open
No.10 Berth
Naphtha / Gasoil/ Jet
Open
No.14-A Pier
Chemical
Closed
Sea Berth
Under regular berth maintenance
Naphtha
KASHIMA
Open
Kashima Denkai
Open
Denkai Berth
Naphtha / Salt
Kashima LPG Joint Stockpiling
Open
Kyobi Pier
LPG
Kashima Oil
- Refining to resume in early June / Cargo ops in working
Closed
COP No.1
Repair until September
Crude / Naphtha
Open
COP No.2
Crude / FO / LPG
Open
COP No.3
Naphtha / FO / Gasoil
Mitsubishi Chem
- Plant in operation
Open
B-8
Chemical
Shin-Etsu Chem
- Plant in operation
Open
No.2
Operating by temporary berth
Chemical
ONAHAMA
Open
Onahama Petroleum
- Coaster berths partly operating
Closed
Sea Berth
Working in normal
Crude / FO
SENDAI
Open
JXNOE
- LPG ops will be resumed in end of Jun at BEST / KEROSENE ops will be resumed in end of August at BEST / Crude ops will be resumed in End of 2011 at BEST
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.
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.
As a part of the webinar on catastrophic fires, a recording was carried out with Richard Gunn, partner with the law firm Reed Smith on the legal issues associated with a casualty involving a large fire.
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.
