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Japan Ports Still Open to World’s Biggest Supertanker Operator
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Frontline Ltd., the world’s biggest operator of supertankers, said it will still travel to the ports of Tokyo Bay, joining other shipping companies in judging the area to be safe for crew and vessels.
Nippon Yusen KK, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. also said yesterday they were maintaining normal services to Japan and five of the six biggest container shippers are doing likewise. All ships are avoiding an exclusion zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant 220 kilometers (135 miles) to the north of Tokyo.