Breaking News! U.S. Blacklists Another Batch of Shipping Companies and Vessels!

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On July 3 local time, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a statement announcing sanctions against multiple commercial networks involved in facilitating Iran’s petroleum trade.

**Sanctioned Individuals**
1. Mohammed Suleiman BADIR
2. Imad Mohamad BEZZ
3. Samer Hasan FAWAZ
4. Nehme Ahmad JAMIL
5. Ali Mohamad KARNIB
6. Issa Hussein KASSIR
7. Ali Ahmad KRISHT
8. Salim Ahmed SAID

**Sanctioned Entities**
1. ARIA SINA CONTROL INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL INSPECTION CO.
2. ASIAN SEA ANGEL SHIPPING CO
3. BETENSH GLOBAL INVESTMENT LIMITED AND DONG DONG SHIPPING LIMITED
4. BREEZE MARINE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC
5. DIMA SHIPPING AND TRADING COMPANY
6. EGIR SHIPPING LTD
7. FOTIS LINES INCORPORATED
8. GRAT SHIPPING CO LTD
9. ISLE INNOVATION INC
10. KAVEH METHANOL COMPANY
11. RHINE SHIPPING DMCC
12. ROBINBEST LIMITED
13. SAI SABURI CONSULTING SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
14. TASHILAT SARL
15. THE WILLETT HOTEL LIMITED
16. THEMIS LIMITED
17. TRANS ARCTIC GLOBAL MARINE SERVICES PTE. LTD.
18. VS OIL TERMINAL FZE
19. VS PETROLEUM DMCC
20. VS TANKERS FREE ZONE ENTITY – F.Z.E DMCC BRANCH
21. WHITE SANDS SHIPMANAGEMENT CORP.

**Sanctioned Vessels**
**Crude Oil Tankers**
1. M/T “ARTEMIS III” (IMO 9102241, VLCC)
2. M/T “ATTILA” (IMO 9262754, VLCC)
3. M/T “BIANCA JOYCE” (IMO 9196632, VLCC)
4. M/T “DIGILA” (IMO 9829629, VLCC)
5. M/T “ELIZABETH” (IMO 9216717, VLCC)
6. M/T “VIZURI” (IMO 9197909, VLCC)
7. M/T “RIVIERA I” (IMO 9286229, Suezmax)
8. M/T “THEMIS” (IMO 9264570, Aframax)

**Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Carriers**
1. M/T “BUTLER” (IMO 9045807)
2. M/T “FOTIS” (IMO 9306548)
3. M/T “GAS MARIAM” (IMO 9108099)
4. M/T “NEIL” (IMO 9157478)