IRAQI RAID HALTS EXPORTS FROM KHARG'S SEA ISLAND
Oil exports from the Sea Island jetty on the western (seaward) side of Iran's Kharg Island export terminal have been at least temporarily halted as a result of an effective low-level bombing raid by Iraqi warplanes on 19 September. The Sea Island is one of two major loading jetties at Kharg. It has four berths, two capable of handling tankers of up to 500,000 dwt and two designed for vessels of up to 350,000 dwt. In contrast, the...
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