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| Cleaned Vehicles Awaiting Shipment |
Toyota Motor Corp. said it expects to delay the delivery of
about 23,000 vehicles by up to a month while it cleans up soot spewed
from a Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. plant in central Japan.
According
to the automaker, around 20,000 vehicles bound for export and some
3,000 units for domestic shipment kept at two storage sites in the city
of Tokai in Aichi Prefecture were affected by the black smoke emitted
from the steel mill late last month.
The delivery of vehicles for
export may be delayed from one week to one month and that of cars for
shipment in Japan is likely to be behind schedule by up to three weeks. A
company official said it has not decided whether to seek compensation
from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal.
Toyota mobilized a total
of about 5,000 employees from its factory to clean the vehicles for
export while dealerships are removing the soot from cars to be delivered
in Japan.
On June 22, a power failure occurred at the Nagoya
steelworks' coke oven and the operator burned gas containing carbon
monoxide, causing the emission of black smoke.
The external power supply was shut down mistakenly at the mill due to errors in an operation manual.
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