In Case You Missed It: "South Korea Firm Urged to Stop Certifying Iran's Ships"
UANI Campaign Covered by Reuters News
South Korea firm urged to stop certifying Iran's ships
By Jonathan Saul and Meeyoung Cho
June 28, 2012
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 action," Wallace said, calling for a response by July 2.
A KR official said on Thursday the society was looking into all measures. ...
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