Also Known As:
IRISL Benelux
IRISL Agency Benelux (Belgium)
Antares Shipping Company NV
Antares Shipping Company N.V.
Weapon Program:
- Military
Address:
- Ahlers Building, 6th Floor, Noorderlaan 139, Antwerp, Belgium
- P.O. Box B-2030, Antwerp, Belgium
- Noorderlaan 139, B-2030, Antwerp, Belgium
- Noorderlaan 139, 2030 Antwerpen, Belgium
Phone:
(32)-35437811, (+32) 3 5437812, 03-543.78.11, 0475-76.47.80, 0495-58.76.25, 0495-54.78.16, 0474-04.07.71
Fax:
03-543.78.99, (+32) 3 5437899, (32)35437899
E-Mail:
Entity Web Site:
www.irisl.be
Controlled by Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL); according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRISL and affiliates have provided logistical services to Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).
IRISL Benelux represents IRISL shipping and logistical services in Belgium, the Netherlands, and vicinity; IRISL Agency Netherlands is a sub-agency company of IRISL Benelux.
Shares an address, telephone and fax numbers, and personnel with Eiffe NV Antwerp, which acts as an agent for HDS Lines and SAPID Shipping.
VAT Number BE480224531 (Belgium).
Established in 2003 as a joint venture between IRISL and Ahlers Logistic and Maritime Services of Belgium.
Sanctions
Designated by the U.N. Security Council on June 9, 2010, pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), as an entity involved in or supporting Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, the designation requires states to freeze assets that are owned or controlled by the entity, directly or indirectly, and to ensure that assets are not made available to the entity.
Previously removed from the U.N. list on January 16, 2016, pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); returned to the U.N. list on September 28, 2025, as part of the reimposition of sanctions on Iran.
Listed by the European Union on June 19, 2010, as an entity linked to Iran's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems; with some exceptions, E.U. member states must freeze assets owned or controlled by the entity, directly or indirectly, and prevent assets from being made available to it.
Previously removed from the E.U. list on January 16, 2016, pursuant to the JCPOA; returned to the E.U. list on September 29, 2025, as part of the reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran.
Added on September 10, 2008 to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and their delivery systems; removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the JCPOA.
Sanctioned by the governments of Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom, restricting business and financial transactions with the entity and/or freezing its assets in those countries.
Listed by the British government in 2015 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement, but removed in 2017 after the U.K. withdrew its Iran list.