Tag: South Korea

Six government officials from South Korea are visiting the Danish Maritime Authority and, in this connection, they exchange experiences and knowledge about shipping, inspections and safety with the Danish authorities.

Greek shipowners' spending in new buildings and retrofits of existing fleet has attracted the global maritime community to Athens once again with the leading ship building nations lining up to showcase their goods at the Posidonia exhibition

Cargo ship sinks off S. Korea, 9 dead: Panamanian-flagged CHENGLU 15 carrying 19 people

HNA Henna Detained in South Korea: More than 2,300 passengers and crew members stranded

Evergreen Line christens its tenth L-type containership in South Korea

HHI-owned drillship at the company s Ulsan shipyard in South Korea

Somali Hostage Release: South Korea Applauds Singaporean

HHI Develops Independent LNG Storage Tank Model, South Korea

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South Korea became the first major Asian consumer to announce a halt to Iran South Korea became the first major Asian consumer of Iranian crude to announce a halt to imports after the government said they would be suspended from July 1 due to a European Union ban on insuring tankers carrying Iranian oil.The insurance ban makes it almost impossible to ship Iranian oil as most insurance is undertaken by EU-based companies and the move comes as part of a series of measures designed to put pressure on Iran to halt what the United States and others say is a nuclear weapons program.South Korea depends on the United States for security, but it has no natural resources and has been scrambling for alternative crude supplies to replace those from a country that supplied 9.4 percent of its needs in 2011.The world's fourth largest buyer of Iranian crude said it has no plan to provide state guarantee like Japan to continue its imports. Another two major Asian buyers, China and India, will allow Iran to deliver the crude from July."South Korea's imports of Iranian oil will be suspended, as the EU will suspend crude imports from Iran and also halt its ...