Sailing on a North Korean ship is a risky proposition, with the DPRK’s rickety fleet failing safety and environmental inspections more often than most other countries, figures from the Port State Control Committee (PSC) and NK News analysis show.

This year’s inspection records also indicate that not all ports inspect the same ratios of North Korean vessels as others, and that North Korean flagged ships outside of Russian and Chinese ports are an increasingly rare sight.

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The Tokyo based PSC released reports on inspections and detentions every year, claiming