After more than 30 years… Lifting international sanctions on Iraqi tankers
After more than 30 years… Lifting international sanctions on Iraqi tankers
06-06-2021 01:28 PM
The Ministry of Transport announced, on Sunday, the raising of the Iraqi flag over the Iraqi tankers Al-Qurna and Al-Asma’i, after lifting the sanctions imposed on Iraq in the nineties of the last century on all marine tankers. The
Minister of Transport, Nasser Al-Shibli, during a press conference held in the ports of Umm Qasr, that long discussions took place to achieve ways Compliance with the International Ship and Port Security Code (ISPS code), during which the sanctions imposed on Iraqi marine tankers were lifted during the nineties of the last century, after the approval of international maritime organizations, the Iraqi flag was raised high on Iraqi tankers. He added that the two tankers Al-Asma’i and Al-Qurnah, owned by the General Company for Maritime Transport, were transferred from the Jordanian registration port to the registration port in Basra, and the Iraqi flag was raised on them after the completion of docking and maintenance, and the tanker’s validity for commercial work, which is documented by international and binding certificates for commercial work and according to the requirements of the flag state (Iraq).
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