Final UN annex records estimated indirect shipping losses from damaged crude cargo

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...

The annex distinguished chartered foreign vessels with international insurance from Iranian-flag vessels with local insurance. It explained that compensating owners did not remove the Iranian...

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...

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...

An earlier IMO list identified 86 ships sunk or immobilized in the Shatt al-Arab, while PSO plots showed 35 wreck locations. The mission inferred that some listed ships escaped or sank to the...

The annex clarified that a rough earlier total of 800 ships included small barges, tugs and fishing vessels beached on both banks. Some wreckage might predate the war, and most did not seriously...

Almost twelve years without dredging had left silt compressed into heavy mud, difficult to remove especially inside wrecked hulls. The annex identified a physical salvage obstacle distinct from the...