General Description
Location: The Nishihara Terminal is situated in the Nakagusuku Bay, in Okinawa Prefecture.
General overview: The Nishihara Terminal is situated in the Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa Prefecture and features an oil refinery that operates on reclaimed land along the bay's foreshore.
The facility is equipped to accommodate Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) tankers, which can berth at the Single Anchor Leg Mooring (SALM) buoy, positioned approximately 3,600 meters from the shore.
In addition to the SALM buoy, the terminal also offers three alongside berths for loading and unloading crude oil and oil products.
Load line zone: Summer.
Max size:
No 1 Berth: LOA 250m, draught 12.5m, 97,000DWT.
SALM Buoy: LOA 350m, draught 21.0m, approx. 280,000DWT.