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PNTL has marked its shipping success and trusted collaboration with Japanese nuclear stakeholders as part of its 50th anniversary of safe, secure, and reliable nuclear transport.

Following successful departure from France on 6 September 2025, the Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) vessels – Pacific Egret and Pacific Heron – remain on passage carrying Mox fuel bound for Japan. The ships will travel to Japan via The Cape of Good Hope and the South West Pacific Ocean. PNTL is operated by Nuclear Transport […]

The Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) vessels transporting Mox fuel from France to Japan departed the port of Cherbourg on 6 September 2025. They will arrive in Japanese waters in November. The voyage is being undertaken with all necessary safety and security permissions from national and international regulators, and the purpose-built ships are sailed by […]

Following notification on 25 July 2025, Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) has announced it will transport Mox fuel to Japan in the near future. The departure port will be Cherbourg, in France, and the PNTL vessels used on this operation will be Pacific Heron and Pacific Egret. Further details will be communicated in the coming […]

Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) is preparing for a ninth shipment of MOX fuel from France to Japan. Mox fuel assemblies manufactured in France for Takahama Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4 are now ready to be transported to Japan using PNTL’s specialist nuclear shipping capability. The regulations governing the security of such transports […]

Pacific Heron and Pacific Egret arrived safely in Japan today and delivered their cargo of 16 MOX fuel assemblies to the Takahama Nuclear Power Station. The vessels departed from Europe on 17 September carrying the fuel assemblies, which were manufactured in France. Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL), which is operated by Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), has been […]

Following successful departure from France on 17 September 2022, the Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) vessels – Pacific Egret and Pacific Heron – remain on passage carrying Mox fuel bound for Japan. The ships will travel to Japan via the Cape of Good Hope and the South West Pacific Ocean. PNTL is operated by Nuclear […]

The Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) vessels transporting Mox fuel from France to Japan departed the port of Cherbourg on 17 September 2022. They will arrive in Japanese waters in November. The voyage is being undertaken with all necessary safety and security permissions from national and international regulators, and the purpose-built ships are sailed by […]

Following notification on 5 August 2022, Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) has announced it will transport Mox fuel to Japan in the near future. The departure port will be Cherbourg, in France, and the PNTL vessels used on this operation will be Pacific Heron and Pacific Egret. Further details will be communicated in the coming […]