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Billions No. 18

Sanctioned entity

Billions No. 18 is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	BILLIONS NO. 18 · Billions No. 18 · Billions No.18				[sources]
Other name	Apex · Golden Yuki · Kingsway · Shun Fa · Uni Wealth				[sources]
Description	Tanker ship. Violating measures imposed under paragraph 6 of resolution 2371 (2017) on vessels transporting prohibited items from the DPRK. In May 2021, a UN Member State impounded the vessel "Kingsway" (IMO: 9191773) while it disguised itself as the "Shun Fa" (aka Apex) with IMO "8528864". According to the UN Panel of Experts September 2021 report (p. 16-17), photographic comparison shows that the hulls of the "Apex" and its former alias "Zhe Sheng 26" are different, indicating identity fraud. The Panel suspects the "Kingsway" to have taken over the identity of the "Apex" sometime after the ownership transferred from Taizhou Zhesheng Shipping to Better Smart in July 2018, when the vessel was renamed to Uni Wealth. · na				[sources]
Flag	Mongolia · Panama · Palau				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9191773`				[sources]
Type	Broken up · Chemical Carrier · Oil Tanker				[sources]
Last change	2024-12-09	Last processed	2024-12-17	First seen	2020-06-04

Descriptions

Pursuant to paragraph 6 of Security Council Resolution 2371 (2017) and paragraph 6 of Security Council Resolution 2375 (2017)

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

According to Equasis, this vessel was broken up in February 2022. The Panel of Experts March 2019 report mistakenly assigns the IMO 8711021 to the "Billions No. 18" (p. 90), which belong to a vessel known as the "Chil Bo San". In Annex 6 (p. 90) of the UN Panel of Experts March 2019 report, the Panel erroneously assigns the IMO 8711021, ownership by Hsih-Shien Chen and former name "Sun Crown" to the "Billions No. 18".

— DPRK Reports non-official source, 2023-08-08

Relationships

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Boby Julian Akbari	Captain	-	-
Chen Shih-Hsien	Owner, operator and sole shareholder	-	-
Bunker's Taiwan Group Corp.	Owner	-	-
United Ships Maritime Corp.	Document of Compliance holder	-	-

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
Raffles Technical Services	-	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UN	The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2017-12-28	-
United Nations Security Council	Paragraph 6 of resolution 2371 (2017) and paragraph 6 of resolution 2375 (2017)	2017-12-28	-
UN Security Council	Letter dated 28 December 2017 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) addressed to the President of the Security Council	-	-
UN and EU	-	-	-

Data sources

UNSC 1718 Designated Vessels List61

Vessels designated under UN Security Council sanctions, including asset freezes, port entry bans, and other restrictions.

UNSC

DPRK Reports5,526

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

EU Sanctions Map810

The EU Sanctions Map is a visualisation of EU sanctions policy. It includes a broader set of policies and entities than the EU consolidated sanctions list.

European Union · Council

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,760

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

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