A sanctioned North Korean oil tanker broadcast its location at China’s Dalian port over the weekend, the first time a DPRK tanker has advertised its visit to a foreign port since June, the NK Pro Ship Tracker has shown.

While several DPRK tankers transmitted their positions to tracking networks in the intervening months, they did not advertise their eventual destinations.

The 1600-tonne, North Korea-flagged Ku Bong Ryong and its owner Kumbyol Trading were both designated by the U.S. Treasury Department on November 21.

One of Kumbyol’s other tankers was also designated