Typhoon Saola closes ports in Taiwan and causing severe disruption to shipping

The Taiwan Central Weather Bureau’s latest sea warning area covers the sea of north, northeast and southeast of Taiwan, and the north and south Taiwan strait.  It has also issued a land warning predicting torrential rain in the northern, eastern and northeastern areas overnight. ISS Taiwan is continuing to monitor events in the country on behalf of shipowners and operators and will keep clients updated in the coming days.