North Korea

Russian tanker transfers fuel to North Korean ship, despite sanctions

A Russian tanker breached trade sanctions as it transferred fuel to a North Korean ship at sea at least four times between October 2017 and May 2018, according to two crew members who saw the transfers. During these transfers, the ship had declared the Port of Ningbo in China, as its destination.

The ship had declared the Chinese Port of Ningbo as its destination, but it then met up with a North Korean vessel in international waters to transfer fuel. According to two crewmembers of the ships,...

https://safety4sea.com/russian-tanker-transfers-fuel-to-north-korean-ship-despite-sanctions/

Swedish Club: Risks of breaching sanctions against N. Korea

The Swedish Club informs about the risk of dodging international sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) which the United Nations Security Council introduced in 2017.

The sanctions

Since 2017, the UN Security Council advanced the surveillance of any maritime activity that is suspicious of sanctions evasion and there are now even more restrictive measures on DPRK and related activities.

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Thus, there is increased surveillance of...

https://safety4sea.com/swedish-club-risks-of-breaching-sanctions-against-n-korea/

Russian shipping firm faces bankruptcy over alleged dealings with North Korea

Vladivostok-based Gudzon Shipping is on the verge of bankruptcy after six of its ships were blacklisted by the US for allegedly engaging in ship-to-ship cargo transfers with a North Korean entity. The company has denied it committed any sanctions-busting act. Some of the company’s ships have been...

https://splash247.com/russian-shipping-firm-faces-bankruptcy-over-alleged-dealings-with-north-korea/

US blacklisted Russian freighter stuck in Busan

The Russian freighter ‘Sevastopol’, is stranded in the South Korean port of Busan for over a month. The ships has been blacklisted by the US, as its owner has allegedly violated the sanctions. According to reports, local oil companies are reluctant to supply the ship with fuel.

According to local reports, a ministry official said that the Russian-flagged vessel did not re-enter the South Korean port but it has yet to leave the port for its own reasons.

On September, the South Korean government...

https://safety4sea.com/us-blacklisted-russian-freighter-stuck-in-busan/

Panel: National Defense Strategy Doesn’t Meet Challenge of Countering China, Russia

Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin greet participants of Joint Sea-2014 exercise at Wusong naval port in Shanghai, east China, May 20, 2014. Xinhua Photo

Without predictable funding and realistic concepts of operations, the National Defense Strategy doesn’t meet the challenges of a rising China expanding in the Indo-Pacific and an aggressive Russia in Eastern Europe, the co-chairmen of the panel reviewing the document warned the Senate Armed Services Committee on...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/28/panel-national-defense-strategy-doesnt-meet-challenge-of-rising-china-russia

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