Final UN annex distinguishes insurance compensation from national shipping-loss burdens

NIOC estimated crude-oil exports at nearly 90 million tonnes in 1988, described as one of the worst years. The annex showed that oil-export flows continued despite damaged ports; the figure is...

The annex recorded refined-product imports peaking at 13 million tonnes in 1987 and an expected seven million in 1991. The comparison combined a historical peak with an assessment-period forecast, not...

NIOC’s table reported oil-port reconstruction and renovation expenditure of $104.2 million during the war and $601.5 million since the ceasefire. These spending stages do not establish equivalent...

The mission was informed that 547 vessels were hit in Persian Gulf attacks during 1981–1988, about 75 percent tankers, LPG or combination carriers. This regional count includes foreign vessels and...

About one in five vessels hit in Persian Gulf attacks was recorded as a total loss, the annex stated. This reported regional proportion is distinct from all damaged vessels and does not identify the...

NITC’s fleet grew from about 5.5 million deadweight tonnes in 28 vessels from 1981 to 6.6 million in 33 vessels at assessment. Purchases replaced destroyed tonnage and supported transshipment from...

NITC reported provisional or minimum repairs to 39 ships, completed repairs to 28 of these, and ongoing repairs to eight expected to finish in 1992. The annex’s stage counts are not a complete...

The annex reported estimated indirect shipping losses of $1.5 billion, including crude burned or leaked into the sea. This was an estimated indirect-loss measure, separate from expenditures on ship...

Before hostilities, a joint Combined Bureau of Coordination administered the waterway, chaired alternately each year by Iran and Iraq. Costs and revenues were shared equally, the annex stated; this...

Small wrecks and wrecked bridges blocked the 80-kilometre Bahmanshir east of Abadan. Iran was considering clearance and dredging to four metres, mainly to harbor fishing boats; the annex described a...