General Description
Location: The Shirashima National Oil Stockpiling Base situated southeast of Shirashima Island, approx.8 km off the northern coast of Kyushu.
General overview: Shirashima National Oil Stockpiling Base is a terminal operated by JOGMEC (Japan Energy and Metals National Corp.) consists of a 60-hectare mooring basin for eight storage barges, a 14-hectare ground operation yard, and a sea berth connected by an 840-meter-long pipe trestle assembly. The base employs an offshore oil storage system using floating offshore structures (offshore tank system).
The barge mooring basin is surrounded by four breakwaters, 2,350 meters in length, to ensure the safe storage of up to 5.6 million kl of oil, even during potentially high waves caused by typhoons and monsoons.