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"However, other firms — notably Lloyd’s Register, Bureau Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd — continue to provide services to Iranian and other vessels working in Iranian ports or waters." (Washington Post, "Congress sees shipping-certification firms as tool to tighten Iran noose," 12/5/2011)

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Germanisher Lloyd is a consulting and classification firm that deals mainly with the maritime and energy industries. GL "developes new tools, methodologies, standard and recommended practices to solve technical questions qhile reinforcing high safety and quality standards" (Company Website). Their main business fields are ship classification, oil and gas, and renewables. In 2009, the company's revenue reached 686 million euros (Company Website). 

GL maintains three offices in Iran, two of which are in Tehran and the other at the port of Bandar Abbas. The two Tehran offices are "country offices" and the Bandar Abbas location is a "station"  (Company Website).