Iranian Oil Tanker

IMO urges US, member states not to endanger maritime security

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baedinejad said Thu. that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) responded to Iran's demand and called on the United States and other member states to refrain from taking any action which puts international maritime security at risk.

Admiral Mousavi:

Iran ready to protect tankers against US threats

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Iran Army Operations Deputy Officer reassured on Mon. that Iranian trade vessels and oil tankers on international waters will be protected against US threats.

India allows refiners to use Iran tankers, insurance for oil imports

TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – India is allowing state refiners to import Iranian oil with Tehran arranging tankers and insurance to circumvent US sanctions, sources told Reuters.

Iran kicks off oil swap deal with Iraq’s Kirkuk

TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) –Iraq's Kirkuk oil swap deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran was kicked off on Sunday.

Follow-up committee on Sanchi to release final report in 2 months

TEHRAN, Feb. 03 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Chairman of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Mahdi Boroumandi said on Saturday that follow-up committee on Sanchi Oil Tanker will release its final report on Sanchi accident within two months.

Hong-Kong CF Crystal crew interrogated, results confidential

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – An Iranian maritime official says the crew of the Crystal freighter, which collided with Sachi oil tanker, were interrogated and the results are confidential.

Iran, Hong Kong, China, Panama agree to jointly probe tanker collision

TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – The maritime authorities of China, Panama, Iran and Hong Kong on Thursday signed an agreement to jointly investigate the collision that led to explosion and sinking of Iranian oil carrier Sanchi.

Crystal crew interrogation to kick off on Friday

TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – An Iranian maritime official says that parallel with decoding of the black boxes of the Sanchi and the Chrystal, which started on Wednesday, the crew of the Crystal will also get interrogated since Friday.

Sanchi black box decoding to start on Monday

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Alaeddin Boroujerdi the Head of Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on Sunday that the black box of Iranian oil tanker Sanchi will get decoded on Monday.

Foreign ministry called all countries to aid Sanchi: Veep

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Iranian First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri the said on Monday that the government has been following up the rescue operations on Sanchi oil tanker from the very early moments of the accident.

Officials offer condolences over deaths of Sanchi ship crews

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Iranian officials have offered their heartfelt condolences and sympathies over the demise of the Iranian crew members of Sanchi oil tanker.

Leader offers condolences over death of oil tanker crews

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei issued a message on Sunday, offering sympathies to the families of the oil tanker crews who died after their vessel hit another vessel and caught fire.

Parl. spox:

Crew members of oil tanker martyrs to duty

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani issued a message and offered his condolences over the demise of the Iranian crew members of Sanchi oil tanker.

Rezaei calls for prosecution of Sanchi’s blamable

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei extended sympathies over the demise of the Iranian crew of Sanchi oil tanker. He condoled the bereaved families.

Rouhani condoles Sanchi incident, prioritizes identifying bodies

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – President Rouhani offered condolences to the families of the crew of the Iranian oil tanker ‘Sanchi’ and stressed the need for prioritizing the identification of the bodies to alleviate the pains of their families.

Zarif offers condolences over demise of Sanchi crew

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif issued a message sending his condolences over the death of the crew members of Sanchi oil tanker.

A Chinese official reveals:

Rescue operations on Sanchi oil tanker blast underway by all means  

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – A Chinese commander of Iranian Sanchi Oil Tanker’s Relief and Rescue Operations said, “despite our definite prediction of loss of all Iranian seafarers since the very beginning of the incident due to the severity of explosion and emission of toxic gases, firefighting operations as well as ship-to-ship operations are still underway by all means powerfully.”

Spokesman details foreign ministry actions regarding oil tanker incident

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman detailed Iran's measures with regard to ongoing oil tanker incident.

Rouhani orders labor min. to immediately determine fate of oil tanker crew

TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – The Iranian president insisted on determining the fate of Iranian oil tanker crew in a call with labor minister, who is in China tasked with the related investigation into oil tanker incident.

2 more bodies found, 'black box' retrieved on ablaze Sanchi tanker

TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – Two more bodies of crew members from the Iranian oil tanker Sanchi were found and the ‘black box’ retrieved on Sat., according to the Shanghai Maritime Search and Rescue Center.

Iran calls for China, Japan's aid in rescuing Sanchi crew

TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – Iran has called on Chinese and Japanese armies to lend their help in rescuing the missing Iranian crew on board of an oil tanker 'Sanchi' that collided with a freighter off China’s coast last week and caught fire.

Burning Iranian oil tanker drifts into Japanese waters

TEHRAN, Jan. 12 (MNA) – The Iranian oil tanker that collided with a freighter off China’s coast on Saturday has entered Japanese waters since Thursday, January 11.

Iran strongly calls China for help to Iranian crew of tanker

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Iran's Minister of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei who has been tasked with heading the follow-up committee of oil-tanker-accident, issued a letter addressing Chinese officials to shore up efforts for rescuing the crew of the Iranian oil tanker in Chinese waters.

Iranian Deputy FM hopeful for tanker crew to survive

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy FM Ghashghavi says that required steps to get permissions have been undertaken and upon the issuance of permits Iranian rescue teams will be dispatched to the scene.

Rescue teams pull back after explosion aboard Iranian tanker

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – Four days after the collision that sparked a huge blaze on board of Iranian-owned oil tanker, a new explosion on Wednesday pushed the rescue crew back.

Still hope crew members found alive in engine room of burning Iranian tanker

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – Mohsen Bahrami, a spokesman for National Iranian Tanker Company told AP that rescuers would "likely" find survivors as "the engine room is not directly affected by the fire and is about 14 meters under water."

Govt forms committee to investigate conditions of oil tanker crew

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Following the order issued by President Rouhani, representatives from three ministries formed a committee to conduct investigation into the conditions of the Iranian crew members of the oil tanker and their families.