The UK P&I Club have received the following client alert from Freehill Hogan and Mahar, regarding the delisting of Ventspils by OFAC.

The UK P&I Club have received the following update from Freehill, Hogan and Mahar LLP, regarding recent sanction developments.

The UK P&I Club has received the following update from Freehill Hogan and Mahar regarding an established winddown period for COSCO.

The UK Club have received the following update from Freehill Hogan and Mahar, regarding the United States decision to lift sanctions on Turkey.

The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has continued to focus on international shipping as a means to implement the Iranian sanctions program and has now turned its attention to the bunkering of vessels engaged in Iranian trade or involving Iranian vessels.

On Monday 5 August, 2019, President Trump issued Executive Order 13884, effectively blocking the assets of the Government of Venezuela in the United States or in the possession and control of any United States person.

On May 8, 2019, exactly one year after President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ("JCPOA") and would re-impose the U.S. secondary sanctions against Iran, President Trump issued an Executive Order "Imposing Sanctions with Respect to the Iron, Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Sectors of Iran."

Update on Venezuelan Sanctions: OFAC adds four ship-owning companies and nine vessels to the SDN list

Following the President's May 8, 2018 decision to withdraw from the JCPOA and to begin re-imposing the U.S

FAQs Related to Issuance of the Executive Order and the lmplementation of Certain Provisions of the lran Freedom And Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (IFCA).