VOL. XXX
NO. 25
30-MARCH-1987
GULF SHIPPING
US Naval Escort for Kuwaiti Tankers Mooted
MEES learns that there is now a distinct possibility that an arrangement maybe worked out whereby the United States will provide naval protection for crudeoil and product tankers owned or chartered by Kuwait in their progress throughthe Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf. Such protection would not, however, beextended to cargo vessels which can be subjected to search procedures by Iranunder international law.
Kuwait...
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