Shipping
Information related to shipping in and around the DPRK
What if North Korea’s vessels become significantly harder to track?
China’s data privacy laws and friction with the West may soon make ship tracking information hard to come by in Asia
Australian company to pay $6 million in connection to years-long sanctions case
North Korea sanctions violated thousands of times by Toll Holdings, Ltd., US Treasury says
One of North Korea’s largest cargo ships unloads illicit coal in China: Imagery
Apparent delivery comes as North Korea’s primary seaport sees increased activity in recent weeks
Ship enters key North Korean port after unusually short quarantine period
Likely DPRK vessel spent just a week outside Nampho, suggesting policy change or special shipment ahead of holiday
Life after death: How North Korea’s ghost ships frustrate sanctions enforcement
Tracking what ships are scrapped or still afloat isn’t easy, a situation Pyongyang knows how to exploit
North Korea lashes out at France for dispatching ship for sanctions monitoring
DPRK foreign ministry calls surveillance by French frigate near Korean Peninsula an ‘overt military provocation’
Heavy ice chills North Korean coal exports, but oil imports hold steady: Imagery
Overall traffic at Nampho fuel depots appears to dip in winter as sea navigation becomes more challenging
North Korea’s largest port sees unusual uptick in ship broadcasts
DPRK-linked ships rarely reveal their locations so openly in order to conceal illicit activities
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
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
