Iranian box fleet continues to trade despite sanctions
Only a handful of IRISL’s sanction fleet have remained at anchor or hidden with no Automatic Identification System signal — the rest have regularly shuttled between Iran and China, Malaysia and UAE, while several have regularly called at EU ports
While US enforcement of sanctioned Iranian oil trades has left tankers a highly visible compliance target, tracked by government agencies and industry alike, Iran’s container fleet has sailed under the political radar and continued to quietly trade with international partners