east co. type public traded as tse tayd1 isin iro1tayd0004 industry port operator founded october 1967 1 headquarters tehran iran website www.tidewater.ir tidewater middle east co. persian is a major port operator in iran . in june 2011 the u.s. department of treasury sanctioned tidewater for its alleged ownership by the islamic revolutionary guard corps irgc which it says has used tidewater for illicit weapons shipments . contents 1 port operations 2 u.s. sanctions 3 references 4 external links port operations edit tidewater has operations at seven iranian ports including iran s primary port terminal shaheed rajaee port complex in bandar abbas through which some 90 percent of iran s container traffic passes . 2 3 u.s. sanctions edit see also u.s. sanctions against iran on june 23 2011 the u.s. treasury department announced sanctions against tidewater as well as iran air the flag carrier airline of iran . treasury said it was blacklisting tidewater for its ownership by the irgc . the u.s. government additionally claimed that the iranian government has repeatedly used tidewater managed ports to export arms or related materiel in violation of united nations security council resolutions . the u.s. lists three documented incidents most recently a seizure of an irgc weapons shipments in nigeria in october 2010 . 4 5 as a result of the sanctions maersk the world s largest container ship operator ceased all business with tidewater managed ports in iran . 6 references edit keith johnson 24 june 2011 . u.s. adds sanctions on tehran . the wall street journal . retrieved 5 december 2011 . emanuele ottolenghi & claudia rosett 1 december 2011 . the big business behind iran s proliferation . the wall street journal . retrieved 5 december 2011 . fact sheet treasury sanctions major iranian commercial entities . u.s. department of the treasury . 23 june 2011 . retrieved 5 december 2011 . joint statement of secretary geithner and secretary clinton on iran sanctions . u.s. department of the treasury . 23 june 2011 . retrieved 5 december 2011 . shipping firm maersk suspends business with iranian ports in wake of sanctions . fox news . 1 july 2010 . retrieved 1 july 2011 . external links edit official website v t e companies listed on the tehran stock exchange aabsal azarab industries bahman group bank mellat bank pasargad bank saderat behran oil chadormalu mining darou pakhsh data processing iran en bank ghadir investment iran combine manufacturing iran khodro iran tractor manufacturing iranian aluminium jaber ebne hayyan pharmaceutical karafarin bank loghman pharmaceuticals mapna mci mobarakeh steel north drilling offset press pars khodro pars oil parsian bank sadra saipa saipa shisheh sepahan oil company sina bank tejarat bank tci tidewater middle east tolypers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tidewater middle east co. & oldid 617299486 categories companies of irancompanies listed on the tehran stock exchangeport operating companieshidden categories articles containing persian language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 17 july 2014 at 10 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view