A tanker carrying a disputed crude cargo from Kurdistan reappears off Malta

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The ports of Basra

Baghdad signed a contract with the "Global" for maritime transport of $ 500 million for a period of 10 years

 

Author: AB, HH, MJM 
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Long-Presse / Baghdad

Signed the Iraqi Ministry of Transport, on Thursday, a contract with the company (Global) Canadian Alamartah maritime transport for the transport of goods to Iraq for a period of ten years at a cost of $ 500 million, as the company pointed out that the contract will be carried out the transfer of 1000 container, it revealed that the agreement includes the maintenance and rehabilitation of the railway.

The representative of the company (Global) Alamartah Canadian Saad Al-Hamad said in an interview to the (long-Presse), on the sidelines of the signing of the Ministry of Transport signed a contract with the company to transport goods from all over the world, "The company signed today a contract with the General Maritime Transport Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Transport for the transfer of cargo and containers from around the world for ten years and $ 500 million. "

He added praise, that "the contract will be launched in 1000 the transfer of container," he said, adding that "the contract includes the maintenance and rehabilitation of the railway networks, because they are not eligible for the transfer of cargo and containers."

For his part, the representative of the Minister of Transport, Ethel Abdul Ali in an interview with (long-Presse) that "the great benefit contract because Iraq is far from this area for more than 20 years and we are now outside the subject of maritime transport due to circumstances experienced by the country and the wars suffered by Iraq and also because of the damage sustained by Bboakhar maritime transport, "noting that" the state does not have the potential to restore the operational staff of the ships. "

He added that "the General Company for Maritime for the transfer began to recover through continuous planning and disperse them to build new ships, four of which will enter service in the coming period, but even this is not enough to importing country requirements of the ration card items and the rest of other goods," noting that "this matter It led to the direction of the ministry to enter into this area in order to reduce transport fares on the citizen, which will contribute to reducing the cost of imports of goods, especially in the domestic market. "

  Turn Shipping Director Abdul Karim Knhl said that "We have factors supporting the National Maritime carrier and help him to be a competitor for companies to transport goods to government ministries," noting that "the ministry dealing with a national insurance company and get subsidized by the Ministry of oil fuel, as well as support for Iraqi ports and these factors Atjalna losers. "

Knhl He added that "the company can supplement the budget by 45% of its will for there to be economic support to the country."

It is said that the national carrier stopped in Iraq in 1985 because of the war against Iran project.

[Laid Back]

Looks like the Iraqi citizen will have more purchasing power really soon.

The ports are getting ready for a massive influx of goods

Go Iraq

Go dinar

Go $1:1 

Go purchasing power

Go exports / Imports

 

 

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Yep lb

[yota691]

 

Vice calls to activate the oil ports and activate navigation in the territorial waters 4 hours ago Last updated 10:56 PM           BAGHDAD / Press tomorrow:  The MP for the province of Basra Jamal Muhammadawi, on Tuesday, on the importance of marine floating station in the territorial waters in the activation of the ports and the provision of services for ships project, calling on the Ministry of Oil to strengthen the role of the General Company for Maritime Transport.   He said Muhammadawi in a statement received "Tomorrow 's Press", on the sidelines of his visit to the General Company for Maritime Transport in Basra, said that the"floating offshore terminal in the territorial waters of the project has importance in activating the ports and the provision of services to ships and activate maritime traffic to attract ships and oil tankers and entry to Iraqi ports and the provision of difficult commissions to the state treasury. "  He called Muhammadawi, the Ministry of Oil to " the need to strengthen the role of the General Company for Maritime Transport and cooperation with them through the marine terminal support processed heavy fuel to accelerate the opening of the plant and operation , " stressing " the need to contract with them to ship their cargo from outside Iraq in order to benefit from the revenue shipping operations in the purchase of new ships to expand its fleet. "  The establishment of the station came in implementation of one of the paragraphs of Article IV of the Maritime Agencies Law No. 83 of 2012 according to which the duties of the General Company for Maritime Transport supply ships and oil tankers floating commercial units that enter the water and ports Iraqi seafarers, fuel , fresh water and livelihoods.

[gregp]

They sure are activating a lot of areas. Thanks. 

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Adams gonna like this one 

[yota691]

 

Wednesday .. Iraq exports 3 million barrels of oil 58 minutes ago Last updated 02:58 PM   Basra / Press tomorrow:  revealed a shipping source in the province of Basra on Wednesday, for the export of Iraq for more than 3 million barrels of oil through the southern ports.  The source said , "Tomorrow 's Press", " The daily pumping rate through the southern oil fields reached (131,000) thousand barrels per hour"; referring to the "export of three million one hundred and forty - four barrels of oil during the twenty - four hours."   He added, "The four giant oil tankers completed loading while docked five other tankers on the sidewalks of Basra oil port and marine buoys (SPM)", adding that "six ships oil giant bear different nationalities now stands territorial waters waiting station to allow it to enter the oil ports and loaded Iraqi crude oil. "

[yota691]

Iraq exported 3.1 million barrels per day of oil

 

 

Economy News Baghdad: Revealed a shipping source in the province of Basra on Wednesday, for the export of Iraq's 3.1 million barrels of oil through the southern ports. The source said in an interview I followed "Economy News", "the daily pumping rate through the southern oil fields reached (131,000) thousand barrels per hour," pointing to "the export of 3.1 million barrels." He added, "The four giant oil tankers completed loading while docked five other tankers on the sidewalks of Basra oil port and marine buoys (SPM)", stressing that "six ships oil giant bear different nationalities now stands territorial waters waiting station to allow it to enter the oil ports and loaded Iraqi crude oil. "
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[The Englishman]

Kurdish Oil Appears Bound for U.S. Again After Three-Year Pause

By 

Julian Lee

22 June 2017, 17:48 BST

• Oil tanker Neverland exits Mediterranean sailing due west
• Region shipped a handful of cargoes to the U.S. in mid-2014

A worker is seen at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq, in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan, on May 31, 2009.

Photographer: SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images

An oil tanker carrying Kurdish crude appears to be en route to the U.S., reviving a trade from three years ago that became a symbol of a dispute between the semi-autonomous region in Iraq and the federal government in Baghdad.

The Aframax tanker Neverland, which normally hauls about 650,000 barrels, exited the Mediterranean Sea two days ago, according to vessel tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. A week earlier, it left a port in southern Turkey from where Kurdistan Regional Government cargoes are shipped by traders.

The KRG, which is preparing for a referendum later this year, has long been pushing for greater independence in oil sales, saying the Kurdish region wasn’t getting its share of the federal budget. The dispute escalated three years ago when Kurdish deliveries to the U.S. were blocked and Iraq threatened to take action against companies involved. Those tensions simmered down somewhat as both sides worked together to regain control of the country’s north taken by Islamic State fighters in 2014.

The Neverland’s tracks show it to be heading toward the U.S. East Coast, though it could still go elsewhere. Despite going close to full speed at 13 knots, the vessel’s destination is noted by its crew as “for orders,” a designation for ships that haven’t been given definitive sailing instructions.

Michael Howard, an adviser to the Kurdish minister of natural resources, said he was unaware of the ship’s destination.

August 2014 story on Kurdish shipments to the U.S., dispute with Iraq

The ship earlier this month collected cargo from a loading terminal at Ceyhan on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast, which is used to load cargoes that have come by pipeline from the Kurdish part of Iraq. A small proportion of the crude delivered from the terminal is sold by Iraq’s state oil company, known as SOMO, but all such sales this year have been shipped by pipeline to the Kirikkale refinery near Ankara, according to information from a local port agent.

If the Neverland completes its voyage across the Atlantic, it will be following a route taken by only a small number of ships carrying Kurdish crude. In mid-2014, a handful of vessels delivered more than a million barrels from the region, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

‘Smuggled’ Oil

Iraq’s federal government in Baghdad threatened to sue buyers and shippers of crude sold by the KRG after the two sides failed to agree on control of oil flows and payment receipts, dubbing any such shipments "smuggled" oil.

 

The tanker United Kalavryta, which loaded around 1 million barrels of Kurdish crude in June 2014 and hauled it across the Atlantic, found itself caught up in the dispute. The Baghdad government filed a lawsuit in Houston federal court to block the tanker from unloading its cargo, and a magistrate judge issued an arrest warrant and ordered U.S. marshals to seize the oil if the Kalavryta came into U.S. waters. The ship remained off the coast of Texas until the following January, retraced its journey back across the Atlantic and eventually discharged its cargo in Israel.

While Kurdish oil has been delivered to ports in Europe and, occasionally, to the Middle East and Asia, the Neverland is the first to carry it across the Atlantic since the United Kalavryta.

“It does feel like a bit of a test case,” Energy Aspects analyst Richard Mallinson said by phone. “Whilst Kurdish oil has found its home in the market, Baghdad hasn’t seemed to want to try and challenge Kurdish exports.”

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Kurdistan Resumes Oil Exports to West after Three Years Halt

 

Basnews English

23/06/2017 - 13:36

Kurdistan

 

 

 

ERBIL— An oil tanker which transports crude oil from the Kurdistan Region is heading to the west, likely to the US, recommencing oil import from the region after three years of pause, Bloomberg news reported on Thursday.

According to the data obtained by the agency, the Neverland, (Aframax tanker, with the normal capacity of 650,000 barrels) left the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday after leaving a port in southern Turkey a week before.

In mid-2014 the oil shipments from Kurdistan to the US were suspended due to differences between Kurdish and Baghdad governments over the Kurdistan Region's authority to sell oil independently from Baghdad.

Kurdistan authorities began exporting oil on their own after repeated calls on Baghdad for sending the due budget share of Kurdistan proved futile.  

The stride was disturbed as Baghdad blocked Kurdish deliveries to the US and warned it will take necessary measures against the companies dealing with the Kurdistan Region.  

However, the Islamic State (IS)'s broad offensive in June 2014 and its occupation of large territories of the country pushed Kurdistan and Baghdad authorities to sideline the oil dispute temporally and focus on coordination to eliminate the extremists.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/economy/kurdistan/359717

[Jaygo]

I love it when a plan comes together! 

[yota691]

Baghdad may ramp up legal challenge to Kurdish crude exports

Prime Minister Abadi orders lawyers to block any attempt by the autonomous Kurdistan region to ship oil to the United States following reports that a tanker bearing KRG crude is en route.

A tanker loads Kirkuk crude at the Turkish port of Ceyhan in May 2015. (STAFF/Iraq Oil Report)

By BEN LANDO 
Published Saturday, June 24th, 2017

 

Iraq's Oil Ministry and its lawyers have been told to take legal action against all crude exports by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), especially the tanker Neverland that appears to be heading toward the United States.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is now reconsidering his laissez faire approach to challenging KRG exports, following news of the Neverland, which Iraqi and U.S. officials said they believe – but aren't certain – is U.S.-bound.

[The Englishman]

Kurdistan says buyers of its crude not taking oil to United States

Kurdistan says buyers of its crude not taking oil to United States Reuters | Jun 29, 2017, 06.55 PM IST * Erbil says doesn't want to upset Baghdad amid dialogue * Kurdish independent oil sales going to Europe, Asia By Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan said on Thursday its crude buyers had told it they were not taking oil to the United States as the semi-autonomous region seeks to avoid tensions with the central government in Baghdad. Baghdad has long opposed independent Kurdish oil sales and managed to block tankers destined for the U.S. market several years ago. But the central government has eased its opposition to Kurdish crude exports over the past year as Baghdad and Erbil fought jointly against Islamic State militants. "I have made inquiries with our crude buyers and was assured that no cargo with crude is going to the United States," Kurdistan's natural resources minister Ashti Hawrami told Reuters, following media reports Kurdish crude was en route to the U.S. market for the first time since 2014. Erbil sells oil in Europe and Asia via trading houses as well as directly to Russia's Rosneft although none of its crude has reached the United States, a core export market for Baghdad. When the tanker Neverland sailed through Gibraltar last week with Kurdish crude aboard, it appeared to be heading across the Atlantic. "Oil could be stored or travelling to other places, but not the U.S.," said Hawrami, adding that the Kurdistan Regional Government was selling its crude on a free-on-board basis and hence not directly involved with final buyers. "We don't have any intention of upsetting Baghdad. Our policy is to discuss and solve problems and not to create new obstacles," Hawrami said, adding joint discussions were ongoing on oil production, exports, refining and power generation. "It is a constructive dialogue ... Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had asked to put together a cooperation committee and we hope to see them soon in Erbil for a new round of talks," Hawrami said. (Reporting by Dmitry Zhdannikov; Editing by Dale Hudson)

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Iraqi Kurdistan: purchases of oil from the region do not go to the United States

Thursday, June 29th 2017 20:15

Archival

 

Reuters

 

 

Iraq 's Kurdistan region said on Thursday that its oil buyers had told him that those purchases do not go to the United States while the semi - autonomous region seeks to avoid tensions with the central government in Baghdad .

 

Baghdad has long opposed the independent oil exports from the region and managed to stop oil tankers bound for the US market several years ago .

 

But the central government softened its opposition Kurdish crude exports during the previous year while fighting the Baghdad and Erbil together the organization of the Islamic state .

 

Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Natural Resources in the government of Iraq's Kurdistan region, told Reuters after media reports that Khama Kurds in the way to the US market for the first time since 2014, "asked the buyers of our oil and received assurances that no shipments en route to the United States."

 

Erbil oil in Europe and Asia through trading companies as well as sell and sell crude directly to Rosneft Russian but none of its oil did not reach the United States, a major export market for Baghdad .

 

When sailed through the oil tanker Neverland Gibraltar last week, carrying Khama Kurds on board they bound across the Atlantic Ocean seemed.

 

Hawrami said: "Maybe oil is stored or moved to other places, but not the United States , " he said , adding that the KRG sells its oil on FOB basis and then they do not deal directly with end buyers .

 

He Hawrami: "We have no intention to provoke the anger of Baghdad. Our policy is to discuss and resolve problems and not causing new obstacles , " he said , adding that the joint discussions on increasing production and exports, refining and electricity generation continuously .

 

He Hawrami: "It is a constructive dialogue .. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abbadi asked to form a committee cooperate with each other and we hope to see them soon in Erbil for the new round of talks.

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Ashti Hawrami: purchases of oil from the Kurdistan region do not go to the United States

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Minister of Natural Resources announced in the government of the Kurdistan region on Thursday, said that the region 's oil buyer told him that those purchases do not go to the United States. 

Said Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government, told "Reuters" following media reports that Khama Kurds on his way to the US market for the first time since 2014, "asked the buyer of our oil and received assurances that no shipments en route to the United States." 

According to "Reuters" when the oil tanker sailed through Gibraltar Neverland last week, carrying Khama Kurds on board, it appeared to be heading across the Atlantic Ocean. 

Hawrami said "oil may be stored or moved to other places, but not the United States," adding that the KRG sells its oil on FOB basis and then they do not deal directly with end buyers. 

He said Hawrami "We have no intention to provoke the anger of Baghdad. Our policy is to discuss and resolve problems and not causing new obstacles , " he said , adding that the joint discussions on increasing production and exports, refining and electricity generation continues. 

Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region and said , "It is a constructive dialogue ... Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi asked to form a committee cooperate with each other and hope to see them soon in Erbil for the new round of talks."

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Khor al-Zubair attracts the world's largest

Economy News Baghdad: The port administration of the Ministry of Transport announced the success of the management of the port of Khor al-Zubayr by attracting the shipping line of containers (maersk line), indicating that the Danish company, which returns the shipping line was founded in 1904 and has the largest container ship to carry the world. The Directorate said in a statement, received the "Economy News" a copy of it, "a reference to the directives of the Minister of Transport Kazem Vajan Al-Yamami and follow-up the Director General of Ports and Chief Engineer Riyad Sawadi Shamkhi in the interest and increase production capacity and maximize revenues for the ports of Iraq succeeded the management of the port of Khor Al-Zubair, (Maersk line), "adding that" MV MV HANSA is on berth 8, loaded with containers, and this line will periodically patrol the port. " Maersk line is one of AB Moler, a Danish company established in 1904. It has 630 container ships, including the world's largest container ship, Emma Maersk. The company transports more than 12 million containers, (33) thousand employees in 114 countries around the world. It operates many container shipping lines including Safmarine, MCC (Coline) and other lines.

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[yota691]

Source: Kurdish shipments confiscated by Canada within the Ministry of Oil Claims

 

Wednesday July 5, 2017 14:03

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad , said a source in the Ministry of Oil, Wednesday, that oil shipments Kurdistan seized by Canada within the Ministry of Oil claims.  The source said in an interview for Alsumaria News, said that "oil shipments Kurdistan confiscated on Tuesday, by Canada , is located within the Ministry of Oil claims on shipments coming out of the Federal Government without the approval of the ministry."  The source , who asked not to be named , said , "There are legal prosecution for any vessel carrying oil from the Kurdistan region to be sold on the black market without the knowledge of the Federal Ministry of Oil."   The federal court in Canada on Tuesday ordered the confiscation of a cargo of crude oil barrels sold in size 721 915 Kurdistan region of Iraq on board the tanker "Neverland" without federal government approval.

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Canada seized a shipment of oil to Kurdistan, at the request of Baghdad

economy

 Since 07.05.2017 at 10:05 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad balances News

The Federal Court of Canada ordered the seizure of a shipment of crude oil barrels sold in size 721 915 Kurdistan region of Iraq on board the tanker "Neverland" at the request of the Iraqi Oil Ministry.

The Iraqi Oil Ministry has set up a lawsuit against the Vitol Foundation for the trade of goods and branches including Mansell Limited, a chartered tanker, and Wenawal Spa de Navaegcin owner of the tanker to claim an amount of $ 32.5 million.

Iraq alleges that the shipment Achtlsthe of the Kurdistan Regional Government illegally and sold to Vitol for being uploaded to the "Neverland" .anthy 29

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Canada seized shipment of oil coming from .. Kurdistan and the Baghdad government claims that the shipment is stolen by the province

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Canada seized shipment of oil coming from .. Kurdistan and the Baghdad government claims that the shipment is stolen by the province

 

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The Federal Court of Canada on Wednesday issued a decision to confiscate a shipment of crude oil under the court documents and at the request of the Iraqi Oil Ministry , where she was sold was 721 915 barrels of the Kurdistan region on board the tanker 'Neverland'. 

Reuters said in a report today that the Iraqi Oil Ministry claimed that the shipment Achtlsthe KRG illegally and sold them to an enterprise 'Vitol' trade goods, are being loaded later on board the oil tanker 'Neverland', where the organization declined to comment on it. 

According to the documents submitted to the Federal Court of Canada, the 'Neverland' was loaded cargo oil in the Turkish port of Ceyhan, and in the case of the Iraqi Oil Ministry submitted to the Court indicated that it notified 'Vitol' before buying charge that any purchase of ore from the KRG would violate the rights of the Iraqi people . 

She explained that the documents submitted to the court alleging that Vitol went ahead and bought crude and rejected demands to unload the shipment to the control of the Iraqi Oil Ministry. 

The Iraqi Oil Ministry has set up a lawsuit against the institution 'Vitol' trade of goods and branches including 'Mansell Limited', a chartered tanker, and Wenawal Spa de Navaegcin owner of the tanker to claim an amount of $ 32.5 million.

[gregp]

Selling for $45 per barrel. Cheap!!!

[DoD]

Here we go again, this will continue until there is an HCL in place...not an agreement, a LAW.

[idplzr]

seize that tanker!

[Butifldrm]

Canada orders seizure of Kurdistan oil tanker at Iraq's request

Reuters

 

an oil tanker passes a fisherman as it enters a channel near Port Aransas, Texas , The Canadian Press

The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the seizure of a 721,915-barrel cargo of crude from Kurdistan aboard the "Neverland" oil tanker on the request of the Iraq Oil Ministry, court documents show.

The Iraq Oil Ministry has also filed a claim against commodity trading house Vitol S.A. and subsidiaries including Mansel Ltd, the charterer of the ship, and affiliate Finaval Spa di Navigazione, the owner of the ship, for US$32.5 million.

Iraq claims the cargo was unlawfully misappropriated by the Kurdistan Regional Government and sold to Vitol to be loaded onto the "Neverland."

 

http://www.bnn.ca/canada-orders-seizure-of-kurdistan-oil-tanker-at-iraq-s-request-1.796380

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A tanker carrying a disputed crude cargo from Kurdistan reappears off Malta   Friday 21 July               Alsumaria News / Baghdad , data showed Thomson Reuters regarding the tracking of ships, said Friday that thetanker "Neverland" appeared again off the coast of Malta after it disappeared from radar near Canada on the thirtieth of June , when the company "Vitol" chartered to transport oil from the territory of Kurdistan .  The carrier was heading to eastern Canada to unload the cargo at the end of June when the Canadian Federal Court issued a reservation order on the shipment at the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil.