News / Full ahead for IRISL as it prepares to rejoin global liner trades after sanctions are lifted

Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) appears set to resume its service between the Middle East Gulf and Europe this month, following the lifting of some sanctions on the country.

It will end a six-year absence from most deepsea liner trades, imposed when the US, UN and EU imposed sanctions as a measures against Iran’s uranium enrichment programme.

According to Alphaliner, the company’s Hafiz Darya Shipping (HDS) subsidiary, created in 2009 to try and circumvent sanctions, is expected to launch a weekly liner service between ...