UANI

"Nova Tankers, the Copenhagen-based operator of a pool of ships including vessels owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., won’t load Iranian crude because of European sanctions, Managing Director Morten Pilnov said by phone from Singapore on Feb. 9. The pool will have about 50 vessels by the end of this year, according to data on its website." (Businesswire, "Iran Sanctions Tighten as OSG to Frontline halt crude cargo")

"Shipping giants AP Moller Maersk A/S (AMKBY), Frontline Ltd. (FRO) and Teekay Tankers Ltd. (TNK) have all said their ships will no longer call at Iranian ports, while some smaller shipowners have also said they are unwilling to send their vessels to the Islamic Republic to lift crude." (Wall Street Journal, "Major Shipping Companies Avoid Iran Amid Tightening Sanctions," 2/13/2012)

"Nippon Yusen K.K, the second-largest owner of VLCCs, won't carry Iranian oil if it means ships aren't insured, Yuji Isoda, an investor relations manager for the Tokyo company, said Feb. 9. The company doesn't yet know how its insurers will handle the EU sanctions, he said by phone." (Bloomberg, "Iran Sanctions Tighten as OSG to Frontline Halt Crude Cargo," 2/13/2012)

"Four OSG-owned ships, managed by Tankers International LLC, called at the country's biggest crude-export terminal in the past year, ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show...OSG's Overseas Rosalyn, which can carry about 2 million barrels, arrived at Kharg Island on Jan. 27 and departed the next day, tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show.  It left about 16 feet deeper in the water, an indication it loaded cargo. The vessel is managed by Tankers International, which has its head office in Cyprus...Ship owners sometimes group thier vessels to coordinate charters and improve earnings.  The Tankers International pool operates 45 very large crude carriers, or VLCCs, from OSG and six other companies, including Antwerp-based Euronav NV and St Helier, Channel Islands-based DHT Holdings Inc...Three other OSG vessels from the Tankers International Pool called at Kharg Island in the past year, data compiled by Bloomberg show." (Bloomberg, "Iran Sanctions Tighten as OSG to Frontline Halt Crude Cargo,"  2/13/2012)

This is a German-Iranian insurance company. (IGIS Website, "Company Profile")

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")

Cotecna works in Iran through a representative known as Kavyan Consultancy Co. (Kavyan Consultancy Website, "Homepage")

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")

"Under pressure from lobbying groups campaigning against Iran's nuclear program, some specialized companies that supply the safety certificates required for ships to dock at foreign ports are terminating their dealings with Iran... One by one over the last few months, European classification societies such as Norway's Det Norske Veritas, the U.K.'s Lloyd's Register and France's Bureau Veritas have terminated contracts to survey Iranian ships, including ships for the country's largest tanker company, NITC." (Wall Street Journal, "Iran's Oil Ships Sail Into Troubled Waters," 6/24/12)

"France's Bureau Veritas, which verifies the safety and environmental standards of ships, has stopped its marine work in Iran, the classification society said in a new setback for Tehran as it faces growing pressure from Western sanctions... 'The only marine-related activity that Bureau Veritas has ever exercised onboard vessels in Iran or owned by Iranian companies is classification surveys, which are only dealing with safety and maritime pollution prevention, that is, for safety and protection of third-parties' interests,' it said in a statement on Thursday. 'Nonetheless...Bureau Veritas has taken the decision to cease all marine activities on Iranian-owned vessels with a view to alleviating any type of confusion.'... U.S.-based United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which has been among pressure groups opposed to the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions, said it had urged Bureau Veritas to stop providing cover for Iranian vessels... In a letter addressed to UANI this week, Bureau Veritas said that following discussions with French government authorities it had decided to 'disengage completely' from all marine activities related to Iran... Bureau Veritas added that it given notice to Iran's flag authority at the end of 2011 of the termination of the agreement 'of delegation of statutory inspection and certification surveys for Iranian registered vessels'... 'Bureau Veritas has also taken the same decision with respect to the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) for all their vessels and has decided to cease all marine activities in respect of all other known Iranian shipping companies' vessels,' it said in the letter... Pressure group UANI, which had previously said Bureau Veritas's certification activities were in violation of EU sanctions, welcomed the move... 'We accept Bureau Veritas's pledge to end all of its marine activities related to Iran,' said UANI chief executive Mark Wallace, a former U.S. ambassador." (Reuters, "Ship classifier Bureau Veritas halts Iran marine work," 6/7/2012)

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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)

"Late last year, another leading classification society, Norway’s Det Norske Veritas, ended its relationship with Iran under U.S. pressure." (Washington Post, "Iran, unable to sell oil, stores it on tankers," 5/14/2012)
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"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)