Iron Point– among 6 vessels marked by OFAC as “blocked property”
Italian vessel driver PB Tankers stated the other day that it was “shocked and concerned” that it had actually been marked by the united state Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control as based on assents focused on firms delivering Venezuelan crude to Cuba (see earlier story). OFAC determined 6 of the business’s ships as “blocked property.”
Following is the message of the other day’s declaration by PB Tankers:
PB Tankers is stunned as well as worried by the activity taken by OFAC (UNITED STATE Office of Foreign Assets Control) in including the business as well as a variety of the business’s vessels to the existing SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) listing in connection with patronizeVenezuela This has actually been done without any kind of alert or call with the business. As an effect, we will certainly be taking prompt actions to make certain that both are delisted as an issue of necessity.
PB Tankers, an Italian delivering business with greater than 100 years of solution to the global neighborhood, has actually been taking normal guidance from both its U.K. as well as U.S.lawyers as well as has actually been taking all feasible actions to make certain conformity with existing united state assents consisting of, yet not restricted to, limitation of profession under a solitary time charter agreement which precedes the existing assents program. PB Tankers does not have any kind of ships in Venezuela, neither will certainly be trading right into or out of Venezuela.
It is consequently very unsatisfactory that the US/OFAC have actually chosen to take such activity versus a proprietor that has actually throughout done whatever feasible to abide.
PB Tankers will certainly remain to fulfill its commitments as an issue of global legislation.
