North Korea’s key port of Nampho saw an unusual uptick in ships publicly broadcasting their location on Monday, an NK News review of ship tracking data has found, in a deviation from typical practices seeking to hide sanctions violations.
According to location data from maritime intelligence platform MarineTraffic, at least 18 ships broadcasted over their automatic identification systems (AIS), a sort of GPS for ships, in or near Nampho on Monday, far more than the usual number of vessels officially broadcasting in the area.
North Korea’s key port of Nampho saw an unusual uptick in ships publicly broadcasting their location on Monday, an NK News review of ship tracking data has found, in a deviation from typical practices seeking to hide sanctions violations.
According to location data from maritime intelligence platform MarineTraffic, at least 18 ships broadcasted over their automatic identification systems (AIS), a sort of GPS for ships, in or near Nampho on Monday, far more than the usual number of vessels officially broadcasting in the area.
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