Tidewater Middle East Co. (Persian: شرکت تایدواتر خاورمیانه, Shirkat-e Taidvater Xavârmiyanh) is a major port operator in Iran.

Finally, in 2018 Kosar bank also sold its share in Tidewater to private sector and the connection of the company with financial firms of Armed forces broke up.

Tidewater Middle is active in other fields like logistic and international freight forwarding dredging, salvage, information technology, technical services and engineering, investment and education.

The U.S. listed three documented incidents, most recently [5] a seizure of an IRGC weapons shipments in Nigeria in October 2010.

[6][7] As a result of the sanctions, Maersk, the world's largest container ship operator, ceased all business with Tidewater-managed ports in Iran.