A ship entered North Korea’s key port of Nampho after an unusually short quarantine period, ship tracking data shows, raising new questions about Pyongyang’s COVID-19 controls on cargo entering the country. 

According to data from MarineTraffic, the Brightshine (MMSI 45441864) departed the Bohai New Area, a subdistrict of the Chinese city of Yantai, on March 29 for Nampho. It arrived outside Nampho’s lock gates on March 31, where it appeared to idle among dozens of other ships before passing through the lock gates separating the Taedong River from the Korea Bay on April 7.