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| Type | Vessel | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Vi fin · Xing Ming Yang 888 | [sources] | |||
| Other name | Vi Fin · Vifin · Zunxia Ng | [sources] | |||
| Description | Tanker ship involved in deliveries of refined petroleum or related products to the DPRK, including via ship-to-ship transfer with the "Mu Bong 1" (IMO: 8610461) in June 2018. Spoofed as the "Vi Fin"/"Vifin"(MMSI: 334191000) in November-December 2020 and May 2021. "As a further red flag indicator, the Xing Ming Yang 888 also used a fraudulent call-sign 9LU2843 that was formerly associated with another vessel that delivered refined petroleum to the DPRK, Vifine (IMO: 9045962)." Sailing "unknown" flagged since November 2018. · The identifiers of this vessel were fraudulently used by the "Xing Ming Yang 888" (IMO: 8410847) since May 2021, while also broadcasting the call sign 9LU2843, formerly associated with the direct delivery vessel "Vifine" (IMO: 9045962). | [sources] | |||
| Flag | Honduras · North Korea · Sierra Leone · Tanzania | [sources] | |||
| IMO Number | IMO8410847 | [sources] | |||
| MMSI | 334191000 · 667001712 · 677001712 | [sources] | |||
| Type | not available | [sources] | |||
| Source link | www.nknews.org | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Xing Ming Yang Hong Kong Shipping Company Co. | Owner | - | - | |
| HK Qihang International Shipping Management Ltd. | Ship operator, manager and Document of Compliance holder | - | - | |
| Xiagang Hong Kong Maritime Co. Ltd. | Operator | - | - | |