Shipping
Information related to shipping in and around the DPRK
North Korea-linked oil tanker awaits fate at South Korean scrapyard
Shun Fa tanker implicated in smuggling rings set to be scrapped, after ROK authorities detained it in Busan last year
March 22, 2022
China’s Omicron surge shows risk of North Korea’s own zero-COVID strategy
Experts expect tighter border controls, warning virulent variant would wreak havoc on DPRK’s unvaccinated population
March 16, 2022
Ghost ship: North Korean fishing trawler presumed scrapped returns from the dead
DPRK television broadcast footage of Sam Chon Li 1 more than three years after it vanished from ship-tracking systems
March 7, 2022
Hong Kong companies paid $45 million for oil delivered to North Korea: Report
Evidence from UN Panel of Experts report ties payments to Taiwanese firm allegedly linked to major oil trader
March 1, 2022
Seoul-based middleman suspected of transferring ship to North Korea: UN report
Oil tanker acquired around the same time Pyongyang appeared to accelerate smuggling operations in May 2021
February 24, 2022
Coal, ships and steel: New Hong Kong company flouts DPRK sanctions, report says
Firm’s murky origins and alleged dealings fit the bill of Pyongyang’s usual cast of overseas collaborators
February 22, 2022
North Korea continues to export sanctioned coal, import Chinese humanitarian aid
UN draft report suggests several ships sent coal to China in exchange for aid cargos during second year of pandemic
February 21, 2022
The China connection: North Korea’s nuclear operations in the Middle Kingdom
Recent missile tests underscore the importance of North Korea's procurement and proliferation networks in China
Report alleges Taiwanese firm helped smuggle illicit oil into North Korea
UN experts say firm puppeteered phony shell companies to funnel oil and cash to and from Pyongyang
February 11, 2022
North Korean ship appears to manipulate location data to move illegal coal
Tae Dong Gang 9 jumped hundreds of miles in GPS system within hours, the latest sign DPRK continues to flout sanctions
February 10, 2022
