National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company. It is the biggest tanker company in the Middle East and 4th in the world.[1] The company transports Iranian crude to export markets and is responsible for the distribution of oil products to Iranian ports and island ports located in the Persian Gulf. NITC capacity is 11 million tons.[2] NITC also hires out its tankers.[3]
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- NITC's revenues during the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2009) reached $1.5 billion. 51 percent of the revenues came from Europe, 26 percent from Asia, 15 percent from Africa and 8 percent from other parts of the world, including Canada, Venezuela and Latin America.[4]
- In 2008, NITC transferred 103 million tons of petroleum products abroad.[5]
- NITC observes International Maritime Organization regulations. NITC has been awarded ISO 9002, ISO 14001 (for management), PMS (for maintenance and repair system), STCW (for maritime supervision systems) and ISMC (for maritime safety management).[6]
- Iran is the world’s fourth-largest oil exporter, and operates 25 supertankers which can each hold 2mn barrels (Dec. 2008). Iran’s state shipping company will take delivery of three new oil supertankers in the first-quarter of 2009, boosting its fleet by about 12%. Iran plans to increase the number of tankers to 38 by 2011. The new oil tankers will be built in South Korean shipyards. Iran pumps about 4mn barrels per day to world markets, with roughly 60% bound for Asia and the remaining headed to Europe (2008).[7]
- NITC has a huge project for replacing tankers, including the construction and purchase of 25 tankers with a total capacity of 6 million tons.[8] In 2009, Iran and South Korea's Daewoo signed a $128-million contract on tanker supply with a capacity to carry 2.1 million barrels of crude.[9] The state-owned enterprise says it has ordered 16 other oil tankers that will join its current fleet of 45 carriers by 2011.[10]
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- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3378/html/economy.htm
- ^ http://www.shana.ir/144246-en.html
- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3380/html/economy.htm
- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3378/html/economy.htm
- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3378/html/economy.htm
- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3378/html/economy.htm
- ^ http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=260281&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28
- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3378/html/economy.htm
- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3380/html/economy.htm
- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3380/html/economy.htm
- ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3378/html/economy.htm
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