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Dachser works in Iran through its representative, Douraghi Co. LTD. (Douraghi Website, "Representative")

On its website, Dachser lists Iran as a country. (Dachser Website, "Location Finder")

According to Matthias Kuentzel's article, "Branches Offices, Agencies, and Missions of German Companies in Iran," this German company works in Iran through its partner, Bekhrad International Inspection Services (B.I.S).

The B.I.S website lists many offices in Iran. (B.I.S. Website, "Branches & Correspondents in Iran")

"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)

"Det Norske Veritas (DNV), a leading ship-certification firm with 18 to 20 employees in Iran, is closing its office there, ending its inspections of Iranian vessels and sending 'termination notices' to 15 to 20 international oil rigs that are drilling in Iranian waters with DNV certification. 'Just looking at the political landscape and the political risk, we certainly don’t see it as a growth area, and we don’t want to be doing business with countries that don’t match with our own value statements,' DNV spokesman Blaine Collins said. 'So it was time to do this.' He said DNV thinks it has complied with international sanctions. U.S. lawmakers have seized upon DNV and a handful of similar firms as a new tool for tightening economic screws on Iran because of concern that the Middle East country might be building a nuclear weapon." (Washington Post, "Congress sees shipping-certification firms as tool to tighten Iran noose," 12/5/2011)

"German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd said it did not accept cargo for Bandar Abbas nor any consignments for other Tidewater-run ports. It said the smaller container port of Bushehr, some 900 km north of Bandar Abbas, was not managed by Tidewater. 'We have moved only a few containers through Bushehr by feeder vessels which are not our own vessels. We do not have an own service calling there,' a spokeswoman said. Hapag-Lloyd's previous Bandar Abbas service had been jointly operated with South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine. A source familiar with the matter said Hyundai had reduced its shipping service to Iran and was closely monitoring the situation." (Reuters, "Sanctions blowback crippling Iran's shipping trade," 12/1/2011)

"Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to impose sanctions on seven companies under the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) of 1996, as amended by the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA) of 2010, for their activities in support of Iran's energy sector. These companies are PCCI (Jersey/Iran), Royal Oyster Group (UAE), Speedy Ship (UAE/Iran), Tanker Pacific (Singapore), Ofer Brothers Group (Israel), Associated Shipbroking (Monaco), and Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) (Venezuela)." (U.S. Department of State News)

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"Tanker Pacific (Singapore), Ofer Brothers Group (Israel), and Associated Shipbroking (Monaco): These companies are being sanctioned for their respective roles in a September 2010 transaction that provided a tanker valued at $8.65 million to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), an entity that has been designated by the United States, and the European Union for its role in supporting Iran's proliferation activities.

We believe that Tanker Pacific and Ofer Brothers Group failed to exercise due diligence and did not heed publicly available and easily obtainable information that would have indicated that they were dealing with IRISL. The Secretary will hold companies accountable, as required by the ISA, when they know or “should have known” they were providing sanctionable goods or services to Iran. With the imposition of today’s sanctions, Tanker Pacific and Ofer Brothers Group are barred from securing financing from the Export-Import Bank of the United States, from obtaining loans over $10 million from U.S. financial institutions, and from receiving U.S. export licenses." (U.S. Department of State. "Seven Companies Sanctioned Under the Amended Iran Sanctions Act," 5/24/11)

MISC Berhad is the leading international shipping line of Malaysia. MISC Berhad operates a young fleet of over 100 vessels, specializing in the shipping of energy products such as liquefied natural gas and petroleum (Company Website). 

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MISC Berhad ships cargo to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, and describes its specific shipping policy for the port on its website. The company lists three other ports of call in Iran on its website - Asaluyeh, Bandar Mashahr, and Bandar Khomeini. MISC Berhad has been targeted for divestment by Florida State Board of Administration over its activities in Iran.

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Malaysian police said Friday that they had found equipment they suspect could be used to make nuclear weapons smuggled on board a ship headed to Iran. National police chief Ismail Omar told The Associated Press that the cargo was seized from a Malaysian-registered ship traveling from China to Tehran while it was docked at a central Malaysia harbor. Authorities are investigating whether the equipment could be used to make nuclear weapons. Malaysian International Shipping Corp. confirmed in a statement to the AP that police confiscated two containers from the MV Bunga Raya Satu on March 8. It said a freight forwarder had declared the contents as 'goods used for liquid mixing or storage for pharmaceutical or chemical or food industry' ...  The Malaysian shipping company said the vessel continued its journey without the seized items March 9." (The Washington Post, "Malaysian ship smuggling equipment with possible nuclear link was headed to Iran, police say," 3/18/11)

Gottwald manufactures equipment for material handling in ports and harbors, specializing in cranes. As of 2007, it was the world’s 14th largest crane manufacturer. The company is based in Dusseldorf, Germany and is a subsidiary of Demag Cranes AG. 

In 2003, a company press release disclosed that Gottwald exported three mobile harbor cranes to the Iranian Ports and Shipping Organization. Gottwald maintains a sales and service center in Dubai which services Iran.