Sanctioned North Korea tanker photographed doing STS transfer off Shanghai

Feb 13 2020


A sanctioned North Korean tanker has been photographed doing a ship to ship transfer off the coast of Shanghai in January, according to US owned North Korean news service NK News.

The Japanese government said that the vessel it was engaged with was of "unknown nationality".

 

 

NK News article


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