Maersk halts Iran calls

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
   Maersk Line has stopped accepting cargo bookings to or from Iran as Western governments ratchet up economic sanctions on the country.    The line had mostly pulled out of Iran’s main ports, such as Bandar Abbas, last year, but called at the North Iranian port of Bushehr on a feeder service, reportedly mostly carrying food and other goods.    The service made biweekly calls using a chartered vessel, but those calls stopped at the end of September.    “Due to a comb...
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