Seatrade Maritime News on 3rd February reported that Panama has agreed to remove from its Ship Registry some 60 Iranian vessels – reflagged to Panama’s Ship Registry in 2016 following the lifting of OFAC sanctions – to avoid being placed on a US Treasury blacklist. The ships involved are mostly tankers. It also says that Panama has instructed Panamanian consuls not to receive any payment for taxes and fees from the vessels coming from or from companies from Iran.
