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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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Iran Said To Deploy Ageing Foreign Tankers to Avoid Sanctions

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Iran is using old tankers, saved from the scrapyard by foreign middlemen, to ship out oil to China in ways that avoid

February 26, 2013
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
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Iran Stands to Lose Billions as India is Forced to Cut Crude Imports

(Bloomberg) — Iran, which dropped two places to become India’s fourth-largest crude supplier last year, may lose $2.5 billion of revenue as global

February 7, 2013
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Iranian crude oil supertanker "Delvar" is seen anchored off Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong
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Iran Boosts Export Muscle With New Tankers

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Iran has taken delivery of several new tankers from Chinese shipyards, giving it greater flexibility in maintaining

February 5, 2013
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Monday, February 4, 2013
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Fear, Threats And Bad Food: Life Aboard A Sanctions-Hit Iranian Ship

By Anupama Chandrasekaran CHENNAI, India, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The eight Indian crew members on board the MV Amina had no inkling they were trapped on the

February 4, 2013
Total Views: 6

Monday, January 28, 2013
Total Says Buying Iranian Crude Via Korean JV Complies With Law
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Total Says Buying Iranian Crude Via Korean JV Complies With Law

By Geraldine Amiel PARIS–French integrated oil and gas major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) Monday confirmed that Samsung Total Petrochemicals, its joint venture

January 28, 2013
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Iran: Not Certifying Our Ships Poses a Serious Threat to International Safety
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Iran: Not Certifying Our Ships Poses a Serious Threat to International Safety

By Jonathan Saul LONDON – Western sanctions imposed over the past months against Iran’s shipping industry will seriously affect

December 11, 2012
Total Views: 5

Thursday, December 6, 2012
Iranian crude oil supertanker "Delvar" is seen anchored off Singapore. REUTERS/Tim Chong
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Reuters: Iran Falsifying AIS Data to Conceal Ship Movements

  By Jessica Donati and Daniel Fineren LONDON/DUBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Iranian oil tankers are sending incorrect satellite signals that confuse

December 6, 2012
Total Views: 118

Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Iran Tanker Safety Risks Rise as Ship Classifiers Get Forced Out
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Iran Tanker Safety Risks Rise as Ship Classifiers Get Forced Out

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Western pressure that forced foreign ship classifiers out of Iran has increased safety risks, including the

December 5, 2012
Total Views: 9

Friday, November 30, 2012
Expanded Iran Sanctions Target Energy, Ports, Shipping and Shipbuilding Sectors
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Expanded Iran Sanctions Target Energy, Ports, Shipping and Shipbuilding Sectors

(Bloomberg) — Two U.S. senators who pressed for the economic sanctions that have reduced Iran’s crude oil exports and earnings have proposed

November 30, 2012
Total Views: 7

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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Tanzanian-Flagged Tanker Operated by NITC Gets Quarantined Off Greek Island

(Bloomberg) — Sekavin SA, a Greek fuel supplier, said it’s investigating the origin of a cargo aboard an Iranian tanker off the Mediterranean

November 27, 2012
Total Views: 8

Thursday, November 1, 2012
Iran Playing a Complex Game of Flag State Cat-and-Mouse

Iran Playing a Complex Game of Flag State Cat-and-Mouse

LONDON–Iran is playing a complex game of cat-and-mouse as it tries to assist its ally Syria while avoiding tighter international sanctions on its oil

November 1, 2012
Total Views: 34

Friday, October 19, 2012
Iranian Tankers are Flying Tanzania-Zanzibar Flag, Officials Report “This Must be a Mistake”
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Iranian Tankers are Flying Tanzania-Zanzibar Flag, Officials Report “This Must be a Mistake”

(Bloomberg) — Iranian oil tankers are mistakenly signaling their flag state as Tanzania-Zanzibar and no such registration took place, according to a

October 19, 2012
Total Views: 190

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
US and EU Look to Plug Loopholes in Iran Shipping Sanctions

US and EU Look to Plug Loopholes in Iran Shipping Sanctions

LONDON–The U.S. and the European Union are looking to close loopholes in sanctions designed to impede Iran’s oil exports after it emerged that

October 16, 2012
Total Views: 14

Monday, October 15, 2012
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Some Iranian Tankers Are Now Squawking Tanzanian Codes, Despite Sanctions

LONDON–Some Iranian tankers have been detected with a Tanzanian identification even though the East African nation has denied flagging them, as Tehran

October 15, 2012
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Maersk Line Pulls Plug on Iran Port Calls

Maersk Line Pulls Plug on Iran Port Calls

Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company by volume, has ended port calls to Iran saying that the company’s limited business in

October 9, 2012
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Iran Oil Sanctions Give Suezmaxes A Boost

Iran Oil Sanctions Give Suezmaxes A Boost

(Bloomberg) — European sanctions on buying oil from Iran are turning into a windfall for owners of Suezmax tankers, shipping the most cargoes in at least

October 9, 2012
Total Views: 5

Monday, October 8, 2012
Iran’s Oil Platforms Targeted by Cyber Attacks – Report
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Iran’s Oil Platforms Targeted by Cyber Attacks – Report

Iran’s oil platforms have been targeted by cyber attack by Israel and other nations but their operations have not been affected, an Iranian state oil

October 8, 2012
Total Views: 11

Friday, October 5, 2012
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Iranian Supertanker to Offload 2 Million Barrels of Oil in South Korea

Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) — An Iranian supertanker is heading to South Korea with a cargo of oil, according to shipping data, as the Islamic republic uses

October 5, 2012
Total Views: 5

Thursday, October 4, 2012
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Did Vitol Use the Maersk Producer to Ship Iranian Oil?

LONDON–Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller Maersk A/S (AMKBY) is in talks with Vitol SA over reports the trading house chartered one of the

October 4, 2012
Total Views: 31

Friday, September 28, 2012
Last But Not Least, Korean Register of Shipping Pulls The Plug On Iran
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Last But Not Least, Korean Register of Shipping Pulls The Plug On Iran

The Korean Register of Shipping has become the latest and last remaining major classification society that has promised to stop certifying Iranian ships,

September 28, 2012
Total Views: 10
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