Following successful departure from France on 8 September 2021, 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 8 September 2021. They will arrive in Japanese waters in the second half of November. The voyage is being undertaken with all necessary safety and security permissions from national and international regulators, and the purpose-built […]
Following notification on 4 August 2021, 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 seventh 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 […]
Meet new Cadet Sharon Gilleece, who quit working in inner city London for a new life at sea. PNTL welcomed Sharon in September 2020, and she has now been enrolled in Fleetwood Nautical Campus as part of her training. She said: “I graduated from university with a Business degree, and a post-grad diploma in Statistics. […]
Pacific Grebe has retained its classification as a specialist INF3 vessel following a recent inspection by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The INF Code was established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) of the United Nations and regulates shipments by sea of packaged irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high level radioactive wastes. The Code […]
International Nuclear Services has signed the UK Chamber of Shipping’s new safety culture charter. The charter, which aims to reduce the number of incidents at sea, was launched in London last month by Shipping Minister Nusrat Ghani. INS joins 22 other companies in adopting the charter – representing more than 100,000 seafarers and 1,600 vessels. […]
Barrow’s nuclear marine terminal continues to celebrate its incredible safety record after another monumental milestone has been passed. The facility, which is owned and run by International Nuclear Services, of which PNTL is a subsidiary, has successfully completed 5,555 days without a lost-time accident. That figures takes the terminal to 15 years, three months and […]
Students from the Furness area were invited to the INS Marine Terminal at Barrow-in-Furness to take a tour of two specialist nuclear ships operated by INS subsidiary Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL). The visit was organised as part of the Furness Future Leaders’ Academy a summer school aimed at developing leadership, team work and communication […]
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