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Ship disruptions continue at Tianjin port as some oil cargo still barred
Source:Xin Steel Industry   Date:2015/08/17

Shipping and logistics companies reported delays and disruptions after the deadly blasts at the Chinese port of Tianjin as some oil cargo were still barred from one of its wharves.


Freight companies including Auckland, New Zealand-based Mainfreight Ltd and Japan's Sankyu Inc. said the blast will cause delays or impact their businesses. Ships at Tianjin Port's North wharf other than those carrying crude and hazardous products can enter and exit normally, according to a post from the official microblog of the Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration at 10.44 am local time on Friday.


Tianjin is the 10th-busiest container port globally and has become a northern gateway for ore, coal, automobiles and oil into China, the world's biggest user of energy, metals and grains. About 17 per cent of the nation's ethylene imports, 15 per cent of its wheat deliveries and 30 per cent of steel exports in the first half of 2015 were transported via the Tianjin customs area, government data show.

 

 

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