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Port operations / Acceptance All our offices in Japan including Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe are open and fully staffed. There are no commercial restrictions in booking with us to or from Japan. Services to and from Sendai, Hachinohe, and Onahama continue to be suspended and there is no acceptance of cargo in these ports. Health and safety comes first While Japanese authorities constantly monitor radiation levels in Tokyo and Yokohama, we also continue to consult various national and international experts along with local and global authorities. In this regard, we have engaged a third party certified agency to make sample measurements in Tokyo and Yokohama of containers being gated in. We are communicating with all owned and chartered vessels on a daily basis and vessels have also been given the option of requesting a surveyor to perform radioactive measurements while in port. A radiation scanner is now in place in Minami-Honmuku terminal (Yokohama), and so far no units have had excessive readings. Since the earthquake/tsunami we have not accepted export bookings from the area impacted and we have decided to implement a 200 nautical no-go zone and to use weather routing giving the vessels the safest route possible. We have made precautionary preparations including the availability of iodine tablets should it become necessary. Commitment to Japan We have a long tradition and strong relationship with Japan, and we take our responsibility to secure the lifeline of its more than 127 million people seriously. Maersk Line, press release |
Earthquake in Japan - Maersk Line operations update