VOL. XXX

NO. 29

27-APRIL-1987

GULF SHIPPING

Kuwait Confirms Tanker Chartering and Flag Changing in Effort to HaltAttacks on its Shipping

A Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on 19 April that his countrywas chartering tankers from "friendly countries" and registering itsown tankers under their flags in a bid to stop Iranian attacks on its ships inthe Gulf. The Kuwaiti official said that the move was being undertaken for"economic and security reasons" and would not compromise Kuwait's...