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Zanzibar To De-Register 36 NITC Ships

Rashid Suleiman Seif, Maritime Transport Minister of Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, told Agence France Presse on 13 August that the government has decided to de-flag 36 vessels on its ship registry because it found out that they belonged to the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC). Mr Seif said �the government has decided to deregister the ships, and also to be careful when registering foreign ships.� Reuters reported on 12 August that Tanzania said a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country�s knowledge and approval. The US and EU have recently raised concerns that NITC tankers were being re-registered as a way of avoiding tightening sanctions aimed at cutting Iranian oil exports.

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