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Uses Tidewater Middle East Co.’s private terminals in the Shahid Rajaee Port Complex. (Tidewater: Reflection of Tomorrow)

On June 23, 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Tidewater Middle East Co. (“Tidewater”), Iran’s major port operator, in response to the fact that Tidewater is owned by the IRGC and used by the IRGC for illicit activities including weapons shipments. (U.S. Department of the Treasury Press Center,  “Treasury Sanctions Major Iranian Commercial Entities,” 6/23/11)  Tidewater is also sanctioned by the EU for being owned or controlled by the IRGC. (Official Journal or the European Union: Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2010)

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Listed by the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization as doing business with the Iranian Mazand Darya and Daryaye Abijonod.  (Ports & Maritime Organization: Companies Affairs Department: Liners)

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Listed by the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization as doing business with the Iranian Pars Mesina.  (Ports & Maritime Organization: Companies Affairs Department: Liners)

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Hanjin has offices in Tehran and Bandar Abbas. 
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"South Korean shipyard Hanjin Heavy Industries [in September 2009] said it had been forced to put up for sale three container ships ordered at a cost of £60 million ($100 million) by the Iranian state shipping line after the Iranians said they could not pay the bill." (Daily Mail, "Revealed: The ghost fleet of the recession anchored just east of Singapore," 9/28/09)