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Canonical ID: kprusi-a2f9f552eb70fd063405f688cea668b0f9300dba · Entity type: Vessel (reference)
| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vessel:description | Tanker ship involved in deliveries of refined petroleum or related products to the DPRK, including via ship-to-ship transfer. Disguised itself as the "Whale" or "Freetown (Sierra Leone)" and changing its IMO slightly (to 8660818) in December 2017. Named by a UN Member State in November 2018 as one of six North Korean vessels that account for 50 per cent of all ship-to-ship transfers. Spoofed its identity as "Chong Su Dong" with the IMO 8660313000 and MMSI 445082000 in 2023. | kp_rusi_reports | kprusi-a2f9f552eb70fd063405f688cea668b0f9300dba | ||||