The Port of Sendai, shown after last week's tsunami, is part of a 22-day service that calls on Long Beach and Oakland in addition to four calls in Japan and one in China. NYK Line has temporarily suspended the service.
Major west coast ports haven’t had much operational impact from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami Friday.
Ports in Vancouver, Seattle and Portland all reported no change in marine operations, and the Port of Los Angeles only closed briefly Friday as the tsunami wave came ashore.
However, Tokyo-based NYK Group has temporarily suspended service on its Japan-China Express shipping service, according to a posting on its corporate website. The posting didn’t state a reason for the suspension and NYK’s agents in Long Beach and Oakland, Calif., were unavailable for comment. The Japan-China Express calls on Sendai, a city of 1 million that was among the hardest hit during the earthquake and tsunami.