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Interview with Milad M Istefanous, Executive Director of Philomina Global Services Co. Ltd.

Interview with Milad M Istefanous, Executive Director of Philomina Global Services Co. Ltd.

Philomina Global Head office located at Khartoum City that is well known, and having branches @ Port Sudan (Seaport City), and our modern office systems and all staff to give excellent services to our potential customers and worldwide associates.

Interview with Filipe Garcia, Branch Manager of Inicio transitarios Lda

Interview with Filipe Garcia, Branch Manager of Inicio transitarios Lda

Since the year 2000 INÍCIO TRANSITÁRIOS has been dedicated with total commitment to the creation of door-to-door transport solutions, regarding maritime and air logistics, on an international basis.

Interview with Ken Zhu,of Coeffort (Shanghai) Logistics & SCM Co., Ltd

Interview with Ken Zhu,of Coeffort (Shanghai) Logistics & SCM Co., Ltd

Coeffort was established in January 2015, core business of Coeffort is supply chain management and provide professional solutions, including supply chain financing, supply chain design, procurement and distribution, international customs clearance agent, executive stock trusteeship, Department of outsourcing, outsourcing processing and distribution management, supply chain services. I hope our business can do for customers "time Save", "money Save", "way touching One".

Interview with Arturo Chavez, Commercial Manager  of Smart Logistics Group

Interview with Arturo Chavez, Commercial Manager of Smart Logistics Group

SMART LOGISTICS GROUP is a premier transportation and logistics company, with coverage in SPAIN/EUROPE. Our value-added services portfolio includes import and export freight management, truck brokerage, intermodal, load/mode and network optimization, and global visibility. We provide freight forwarding, customs brokerage, warehousing and all other logistics services.

Interview with Ordan Cargo, Managing Director of Ordan Cargo Ltd

Interview with Ordan Cargo, Managing Director of Ordan Cargo Ltd

We are " ORDAN CARGO LTD" a freight forwarding & logistics company based in Tel Aviv, Israel since 2001 having presences at all main ports ASHDOD/HAIFA/TLV for Import/Export/Cross SEA/AIR. We provide excellent and creative logistics solutions as well as quality service with competitive prices.

Lines shy away from Iran despite deal to ease sanctions

Source:cargonewsasia    2014-5-30 9:33:00
Global shipping lines are increasingly shying away from handling cargoes to Iran as restrictions on banking and insurance continue unabated, despite an interim agreement between Tehran and the West that called for limited sanctions relief.

Iran in the past depended on foreign ships for much of its imports, but it is now relying more on land routes and its own commercial fleet, reported Reuters.

Earlier this month, trade sources said hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain and sugar were stuck in transit.

Iran was never barred from buying food or other humanitarian goods under sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States because of its disputed nuclear programme, but the restrictions have hit approved deals as well.

"The principle sanction against non-US companies is that they can be denied access to US banking, and therefore they can't trade in US dollars," said Doug Maag of law firm Clyde & Co. "That is a very real and adverse result."

Global shipping fees are transacted in US dollars, which means dealing with Iran could make companies vulnerable to being frozen out of the US financial system.

Iran and Western governments reached an interim agreement in November last year over Tehran's nuclear work in exchange for limited sanctions relief for six months - from January to July this year - under the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA).

Correspondence since January seen by Reuters shows that US group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), whose board includes former heads of the CIA and British intelligence, continues to monitor European shipping companies on any deals with Iran.

"The risks of doing business with Iran are still far too great to return. It is too soon," said Mark Wallace of UANI, which has targeted companies trading in Iran.

"People are nervous," said Wallace, a former US ambassador to the United Nations.

Greece-based Efploia Shipping wrote in a recent letter to UANI, "Owners do not take such matters lightly ... and have implemented several exhaustive clauses in order to ensure that such trade is legitimate."

The firm did not respond to requests for comment.

The 2011 blacklisting of Iranian port operator Tidewater Middle East, which operates seven terminals including the biggest container port Bandar Abbas and major grain terminal Bandar Imam Khomeini, has also discouraged foreign shipping firms.

Maersk Line, the world's biggest container company, pulled out entirely from Iran in 2012, joining an exodus that has included major groups MSC and CMA CGM and smaller firms.

Iranian government officials also pointed to a harder trading environment.

"Shipping volumes have dropped as there are various problems like difficulties at Customs; international insurance companies are hesitant to cover ships en route to Iran; as well as letters of credit problems," one Iranian official said.
"Iran hopes that lifting sanctions will revive the business."

An Iranian trade source, who previously worked as a government official, said the country was relying more on its domestic shipping fleet or using land routes.

"Iranians prefer to use foreign shipping companies less and less after all the fuss over violating sanctions. They can be easily tracked," the trade source said.

"Especially since the nuclear talks have started, the government is very careful not to be caught. They use more trucks; it takes
longer but that is safer."

Sanctions have also made global ship insurers wary of covering cargoes and vessels involved in any trade with Iran, and the recent agreement, which lasts only until July 20, has not made any difference.

"Until something more long-term is agreed, insurers have tended not to change their internal processes," Chris Hill of Clyde & Co said.

"If you start sending out a message to your staff that for six months they can do certain business with Iran, it can create mixed messages, and insurers tend to be cautious about this."