Tag: UANI

UANI Calls on Philtex to End Improper Classification of Iranian Vessels

UANI Calls on Tanzania to Stop the Reflagging of Iranian Vessels

UANI Applauds Hong Kong for Ending Its Reflagging of Iranian Vessel

UANI Calls on China Classification Society to Stop Certifying Iranian Vessels

UANI Calls on Japan to Cease Sovereign Guarantees on Oil

UANI Applauds ClassNK for Ending its Work in Iran

EU oil sanctions kick in on Sunday A South Korean ship classification society faces pressure from a U.S. lobby group to stop verifying safety and environmental standards for Iran's biggest shipping companies as tightening U.S. and European sanctions restrict its oil exports.Without verification from such bodies, ships are unable to call at international ports.U.S. group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), in a letter sent this week to the Korean Register of Shipping (KR), urged the society to stop providing classification and certification services to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), its front companies and the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC)."KR's irresponsible decision to provide certification services at a time when responsible businesses are leaving Iran undermines the efforts of the international community to isolate the Iranian regime," Mark Wallace, UANI's chief executive and a former U.S. ambassador wrote in the letter dated June 25.A targeted campaign by UANI, which includes former U.S. ambassadors on its board and is funded by private donations, had led Germany's Germanischer Lloyd and France's Bureau Veritas to drop their classification cover for Iranian shipping firms."It is not simply a question of KR violating relevant sanctions provisions, but of following a responsible course of ...

On Tuesday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) called on the Korean Register of Shipping (KRS) to stop certifying Iranian shipping vessels, specifically those of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC)."the world must deny Iran's access to international shipping, a move that would severely affect the regime given its dependence on global trade and seaborne crude oil exports."As the Wall Street Journal reported on June 25, KRS is one of the only classification societies in the world that continues to provide Iranian vessels with safety certificates. The prominent European shipping services Bureau Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd recently stopped certifying Iranian vessels in response to UANI.In a June 25 letter to Oh Kong-gyun, KRS Chairman & CEO, UANI CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, explained how KRS's activities help Iran circumvent multilateral sanctions, and violate sanctions imposed by the Republic of Korea:KRS's irresponsible decision to provide certification services at a time when responsible businesses are leaving Iran undermines the efforts of the international community to isolate the Iranian regime and directly aids IRISL's deceptive and illegal activities.As you are no doubt aware, in September 2010, the ROK government joined with the U.S. and the EU ...

UANI has requested a response from GL by June 18, 2012 United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) on Thursday called on the German shipping service Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to stop certifying Iranian shipping vessels, specifically those of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC).GL's Iran business violates EU sanctions that ban both transactions with IRISL and the provision of ancillary services, including certification services that facilitate Iran's global oil trade. According to data gathered by UANI, GL currently provides certification to several IRISL vessels, as well as to at least eight vessels of the regime's primary oil shipper, NITC.In a June 12 letter to GL Chairman of the Executive Board Erik van der Noordaa, UANI CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, explained how GL's activities are in clear violation of EU sanctions imposed against IRISL and Iran's oil trade, and also could run afoul of U.S. law, given GL's extensive contract work with the U.S. governmentGL helps Iran circumvent multilateral sanctions that have been imposed to prevent Iran from further developing its illegal nuclear weapons program. GL's business also violates European Union sanctions that ban transactions with IRISL and the provision of ancillary services, including ...