VOL. XXXI

NO. 16

25-JANUARY-1988

GULF SHIPPING

French Warship Intervenes to Halt Iranian Attack

The only confirmed attacks on shipping in the Gulf in the last week have beencarried out by Iran, but there is some evidence that a claimed mid-week attackby Iraq on Iran's terminal at Lavan Island may have been successful.

After the attack by Iranian gunboats on the 13,524 dwt Norwegian LPGcarrier Igloo Esproo on 15 January (MEES, 18 January), the 36,750 dwtLiberian-registered tanker Atlantic Charisma...