Security of merchant shipping in Persian Gulf

This file contains:

• Press cutting of an article from the Financial Times on the rise in Gulf cargo rates (8)
• Correspondence regarding proposals made by British India Steam Navigation Company Limited for improving security precautions for ships at Gulf ports (10)
• Correspondence from British India Steam Navigation Company Limited regarding pre-embarkation searches, with the suggestion that this matter might be mentioned to the Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum (12)
• Report from Gray Mackenzie & Company Limited, regarding new safety precautions they have introduced in Dubai for embarkation on their company's vessels (13)
• Request to the British Consulate-General in Kuwait for comments on correspondence received regarding security measures at Kuwait (14)
• Report by Captain Leadbetter of British India Steam Navigation Company Limited regarding measures to safeguard merchant shipping in the Gulf (17)
• Response to Captain Leadbetter's report, providing comments on baggage procedures in Qatar, and in particular for passengers embarking from Umm Said [Mesaieed] (20)