Vale's transshipment terminal at Teluk Rubiah / Malaysia has been under construction since 2011.
The Brazilian Vale's MV Ore Pantanal 179,000-dwt built 2010 arrived on August 18, 2014 to load the 176,000-tonne cargo as part of a commissioning process for the new terminal.
The capsize bulker MV Ore Pantanal is now anchored in China’s Bohai Bay with nearby Tianjin.
Commercial operations at Teluk Rubiah are set to begin at the end of September.
VALE built Teluk Rubiah as part of an effort to overcome challenges facing its fleet of Valemax very large ore carriers (VLOCs), which have struggled to deliver cargoes directly to the Chinese ports they were built to serve. "Vale's transshipment terminal at Teluk Rubiah / Malaysia has the capacity to move 30 million tonnes per year, but expansion is planned. Construction began in 2011.
Vale currently transships cargoes from Valemaxes at an offshore facility in Subic Bay, Philippines."
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