IRAQ - Tankers.In July 1990 the Iraqi Oil Tankers Co. (IOTC IOTC Indian Ocean Tuna Commission IOTC Information Operations Technology Center IOTC International Omega Technical Committee IOTC International Operating Toll Centre IOTC Iraqi Oil Tanker Company - set up in 1987 to replace the State Enterprise for Iraqi Oil Tankers) had 17 tankers with a total capacity of 1,493,000 dwt. Of these, seven had capacities of around 35,000 dwt each and the other 10 were between 118,000 and 155,000 dwt. After the UN embargo embargo (ĕmbär`gō), prohibition by a country of the departure of ships or certain types of goods from its ports. Instances of confining all domestic ships to port are rare, and the Embargo Act of 1807 is the sole example of this in was imposed, IOTC's tankers were prevented from leaving the Gulf. During the 1991 war, IOTC lost nine tankers, reducing its total capacity by 60%. Four ships were sunk off the Iraqi and Kuwaiti coasts. The others were either seized seized (seised) n. 1) having ownership, commonly used in wills as "I give all the property of which I die seized as follows:...." 2) having taken possession of evidence for use in a criminal prosecution. 3) having taken property or a person by force. (See: seisin, seizure) by allied forces or abandoned by their crews during the evacuation evacuation /evac·u·a·tion/ (e-vak?u-a´shun) 1. an emptying. 2. catharsis; emptying of the bowels. e·vac·u·a·tion n. of Kuwait. Now Baghdad wants the return of two tankers impounded in Libya to store oil at Mina Al Bakr. |
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