The Tanzanian maritime administration is in process of de-registering 36 Itanian crude oil tankers, in case to avoid any sanctions from Europe and USA, regarding the embargo which was put over the Arab country. The US government warned the African country for actions disturbing the embargo and threatened it with financial and merchant sanctions. A report from US investigation, which was sent to the Tanzanian government, says that 36 crude carrier were reflagged with Tanzanian flag with the support of Dubai shipping agent Philtex. According to the report the government was not aware with the actions of the maritime administration and the low level of verification allowed this violation of the embargo. According to the investigation report, the Iranian government was aware with these legal actions, deliberately seeking backdoor in the world admiralty law.
The Zanzibar government reacted immediately and started a process for de-registering the ships and terminated its agency contract with Philtex.