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Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne was the Data and Analytic Director at NK News. Follow him on twitter.
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Evergreen All change: North Korean ships reshuffle their identitiesOver thirty DPRK fleet members have changed names, flags or ownership information in 2014 More than thirty members of the fleet visible on the NK News vessel tracker changed important vessel identifiers since the start of the year, according to data from Marine Traffic. The DPRK ships appeared in Marine Traffic records with new Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) numbers, indicating that they have been reflagged, renamed, or changed ownership. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |