Security of merchant shipping in Persian Gulf

FO 371/156696 1961
Description

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)