1st Gulf War, An Image

In June 1986 with attacks on tankers in the Persian Gulf on everyone’s mind Capt. Paizis of Eletson Corporation delivered a paper at Posidonia on the grim results of two years of war on tankers during the Iran Iraq war. George Weltman at Transamerica pulled the presentation from his files and gave it to MM, not that the current situation is a precursor to history repeating itself but as a reminder perhaps of the exposure shipping faces. The war against tankers began in earnest in May of 1984 when Iraq decided to prevent Iranian exports and set up a blockade around Kharg Island. The following two years saw 128 attacks on ships, 111 against tankers. Iraq was responsible for 75 of those and Iran 53.

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