Apartially loaded 400,000-dwt Vale Brasil (built 2011) arrived at Nippon Steel& Sumitomo Metal’s facility near Tokyo earlier this week.
Theship had first berthed at the port of Oita where about 200,000t of iron ore wasunloaded. It then sailed to Kimitsu to deliver the rest of its cargo.
NipponSteel, the country’ssecond-largest steel mill, received its first Valemax delivery atOita in a trial shipment in June.
