Members will be aware of the ongoing sanctions regarding export of Iranian crude oil from previous News Alerts (click here and here). Whilst a temporary suspension of certain sanctions (currently until 30 June 2015) is in place, including for the export of Iranian crude oil, the suspension in relation to crude only applies to the carriage from Iran to US waiver countries outside the EU (currently China, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey).
In recent weeks it has become apparent that sophisticated attempts are being made to dupe shipowners into transporting Iranian crude to non US waiver countries by loading it at Khor Fakkan in the UAE. Shippers appear to be transporting the sanctioned cargo from Iran to Khor Fakkan using feeder ships and then, using falsified cargo documentation, by way of STS transfer to innocent vessels at Khor Fakkan.
See attached file: Sanctions – STS transfer involving Iranian Crude Oil in Arabian Gulf.pdf
制裁 – 阿拉伯湾过驳运输涉嫌伊朗原油
针对伊朗原油出口的持续制裁措施已在之前的新闻中告知协会会员。(点击这里和这里)尽管某些制裁措施得到临时暂缓(截止至2015年6月30日)，其中也涉及伊朗原油出口，但暂缓仅适用于从伊朗运输原油前往经美国豁免的非欧盟国家和地区(目前为中国、印度、韩国、台湾和土耳其)。
近来，托运人经常借助计划周密的欺诈手段，安排善意船东在阿联酋法坎装货，运输伊朗原油前往未经美国豁免的国家。托运人通过支线船将受制裁货物从伊朗运输至法坎，使用伪造的货物单据，以过驳方式，将原油装运至港口其他无辜船舶。
详细信息请参阅附件。
