VOL. XXXIV

NO. 40

8-JULY-1991

Kuwait

Kuwait to Seize Iraqi Tankers

According to a report published in the London daily Lloyd's List on 29 June,the Kuwaiti authorities are taking steps to confiscate and operate four tankersowned by the Iraqi Oil Tankers Company (IOTC) as well as a fifth Iraqi vesselwhich was previously operated by the OAPEC-sponsored Arab Maritime PetroleumTransport Company (AMPTC). The five tankers, which were abandoned in Kuwaitiwaters following the withdrawal of Iraqi forces...