VOL. XXXI

NO. 18

8-FEBRUARY-1988

GULF SHIPPING

Shipping War Continues Unabated

Iran and Iraq have continued to trade attacks on shipping in the Gulf, withIran deploying its air force for the first time in two years in what may be achange of tactics in the shipping war.

Initial reports attributed the attack on the 15,241 dwt Panama-flag cargovessel Mare on 30 January in the northern Gulf some 30 miles south of al-Arabiyahisland to Iraq, presumably on the basis that the vessel was sailing from the...