VOL. XXXIV

NO. 21

25-FEBRUARY-1991

Iran

Iran Doubles Charges for Ship-to-Ship Shuttle Loading from Lavan

MEES learns that Iran's NIOC has notified its Japanese crude oil customersthat charges for its ship-to-ship (STS) loading service in the Gulf - whichinvolves a shuttle between the main loading terminal at Kharg Island and atrans-shipment location known as Valfajr Terminal Three, about 4.5 milessouthwest of Lavan Island - are to be doubled from $0.50/B to $1.00/B. So faronly Japanese lifters...