General Description
Location: The Port of Soma is situated in Shinchi town, Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture on the east coast of northern Honshu.
General overview: The Port of Soma serves as a distribution center for the local area and is protected by breakwaters.
The port is home to Fukushima Gas Power, which handles tanker and LNG vessels. It has two LNG tanks with a capacity of 230,000kL and receives and stores LNG from abroad. The terminal also vaporizes LNG and supplies it to the adjacent Fukushima Natural Gas Power Plant as fuel.
In addition, the port includes a terminal that imports coal from the Abbot Point Coal Terminal and the port of Newcastle in Australia.
Handling Equipment:
- Floating Cranes
- Conveyor Belts
Storage:
- Open Yards
- Warehouses
- Tanks
Load line zone: Summer.