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UN Security Council: 22 shipping firms, 27 vessels blacklisted

Provides details of fuel oil transfer operations, cover-up, between tankers; Singapore oil and bunkering firm involved.

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The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday (30 March) added several entries to its sanctions list due to illegal business relations with North Korea.

The list of the entities and vessels are below:

A. Individual

  1. TSANG YUNG YUAN
    1. Description: Tsang Yung Yuan has coordinated North Korean coal exports with a North Korean broker operating in a third country, and he has a history of other sanctions evasion activities.
    2. AKA: Neil Tsang, Yun Yuan Tsang
    3. Identifiers: DOB: October 20, 1957; Passport No: 302001581

B. Entities

  1. CHANG AN SHIPPING & TECHNOLOGY
    1. Description: Registered owner, ship manager, and commercial manager of Panama-flagged vessel HUA FU, a cargo ship that loaded DPRK coal at Najin, DPRK on September 24, 2017.
    2. AKA: CHANG AN SHIPPING AND TECHNOLOGY
    3. Location: Room 2105, DL1849, Trend Centre, 29-31 Cheung Lee Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, China
  2. CHONMYONG SHIPPING CO
    1. Description: Registered owner of CHON MYONG 1, a DPRK-flagged vessel that conducted ship-to-ship transfer of fuel in late December 2017.
    2. AKA: CHON MYONG SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
    3. Locations: Kalrimgil 2-dong, Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK; Saemaul 2-dong, Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  3. FIRST OIL JV CO LTD
    1. Description: Owner of the DPRK tanker PAEK MA, which was involved in ship to ship transfer operations for oil in mid-January 2018.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Jongbaek 1-dong, Rakrang-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  4. HAPJANGGANG SHIPPING CORP
    1. Description: Registered owner of the DPRK tanker NAM SAN 8, which is believed to have been involved in ship to ship transfer operations for oil, and owner of vessel HAP JANG GANG 6.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Kumsong 3-dong, Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  5. HUAXIN SHIPPING HONGKONG LTD
    1. Description: Ship and commercial manager of the ASIA BRIDGE 1. Hong Kong-owned vessel, the probable “ASIA BRIDGE 1” was instructed on October 19, 2017 by Huaxin Shipping to make preparations for entry into Nampo, DPRK to receive a shipment of coal bound for Vietnam.  The “ASIA BRIDGE 1” was instructed by an unidentified employee of Huaxin Shipping Ltd. to make preparations to receive 8,000 metric tons of coal and then sail to Cam Pha, Vietnam.  The master of the vessel was instructed to cover the ship’s name and other markings using canvas while in port at Nampo. 
    2. AKA: ????(??)????
    3. Location: Room 2105, Trend Centre, 29-31 Chueng Lee Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, China
  6. KINGLY WON INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    1. Description: In 2017, Tsang Yung Yuan (aka Neil Tsang) and Kingly Won attempted to engage in an oil deal valued at over $1 million with a petroleum company in a third country to illicitly transfer to the DPRK. Kingly Won acted as a broker for that petroleum company and a Chinese company that reached out to Kingly Won to purchase marine oil on its behalf.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro MH 96960, Marshall Islands
  7.  KOREA ACHIM SHIPPING CO
    1. Description: Registered owner of DPRK tanker CHON MA SAN. DPRK-flagged CHON MA SAN prepared for likely ship to ship transfer operations in late January 2018. The master of the DPRK-flagged motor tanker YU JONG 2 reported on November 18, 2017 to an unidentified DPRK-based controller that the vessel was avoiding a storm in advance of a ship to ship transfer.  The master suggested that the YU JONG 2 load fuel oil before the DPRK-flagged tanker CHON MA SAN since the CHON MA SAN’s larger size was better suited to conduct ship to ship transfers in a storm.  After the CHON MA SAN loaded fuel oil from a vessel, the YU JONG 2 loaded 1,168 kiloliters of fuel oil on November 19, 2017 through a ship to ship transfer operation.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Sochang-dong, Chung-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  8. KOREA ANSAN SHIPPING COMPANY
    1. Description: Registered owner of DPRK tanker AN SAN 1 believed to have been involved in ship to ship transfer operations for oil.
    2. AKA: KOREA ANSAN SHPG COMPANY
    3. Location: Pyongchon 1-dong, Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  9. KOREA MYONGDOK SHIPPING CO
    1. Description: Registered owner of the YU PHYONG 5.  In late November 2017, the YU PHYONG 5 conducted a ship-to-ship transfer of 1,721 metric tons of fuel oil.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Chilgol 2-dong, Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  10. KOREA SAMJONG SHIPPING
    1. Description: Registered owner of DPRK tankers SAM JONG 1 and SAM JONG 2.  Both vessels are believed to have imported refined petroleum to DPRK in violation of UN sanctions in late January 2018. 
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Tonghung-dong, Chung-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  11. KOREA SAMMA SHIPPING CO.
    1. Description: A DPRK-flagged tanker, SAM MA 2 owned by Korea Samma Shipping Company, conducted a ship-to-ship transfer of oil and fabricated documents in mid-October 2017, loading almost 1,600 metric tons of fuel oil in one transaction.  The ship master was instructed to erase SAMMA SHIPPING and the Korean words found on the ship’s seal and instead put “Hai Xin You 606” To mask its identity as a DPRK vessel.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Rakrang 3-dong, Rakrang-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  12. KOREA YUJONG SHIPPING CO LTD
    1. Description: Registered owner of the DPRK tanker YU JONG 2, which loaded 1,168 kiloliters of fuel oil on November 19, 2017 through a ship to ship transfer operation.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Puksong 2-dong, Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK; Company Number IMO 5434358
  13. KOTI CORP
    1. Description: Ship manager and commercial manager of the Panama-flagged vessel KOTI, which conducted ship-to-ship transfers of likely petroleum product to the DPRK-flagged KUM UN SAN 3 on December 9, 2017.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Panama City, Panama
  14. MYOHYANG SHIPPING CO
    1. Description: Ship manager of DPRK oil products tanker YU SON, which is believed to have been involved in ship to ship transfer operations for oil.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Kumsong 3-dong, Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  15. PAEKMA SHIPPING CO
    1. Description: Registered owner of the DPRK tanker PAEK MA, which was involved in ship to ship transfer operations for oil in mid-January 2018.
    2. AKA: Care of First Oil JV Co Ltd
    3. Location: Jongbaek 1-dong, Rakrang-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  16. PHYONGCHON SHIPPING & MARINE
    1. Description: Registered owner of DPRK tanker JI SONG 6, which is believed to have been involved in ship to ship transfer operations of oil in late January 2018.  The company also owns vessels JI SONG 8 and WOORY STAR.
    2. AKA: PHYONGCHON SHIPPING AND MARINE
    3. Location: Otan-dong, Chung-guyok, Pyongyang, DPRK
  17. PRO-GAIN GROUP CORPORATION
    1. Description: Company owned or controlled by Tsang Yung Yuan and involved in illicit transfers of DPRK coal.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Le Sanalele Complex, Ground Floor, Vaea Street, Saleufi, Apia, Samoa
  18. SHANGHAI DONGFENG SHIPPING CO LTD
    1. Description: Registered owner, ship and commercial manager of the DONG FENG 6, a vessel that loaded coal at Hamhung, DPRK on July 11, 2017 for export in violation of UN sanctions.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: Room 601, 433, Chifeng Lu, Hongkou Qu, Shanghai, 200083, China
  19. SHEN ZHONG INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
    1. Description: Ship and commercial manager of HAO FAN 2 and HAO FAN 6, St Kitts-Nevis-flagged vessels.  The HAO FAN 6 loaded coal at Nampo, DPRK on August 27, 2017.  HAO FAN 2 loaded North Korean coal at Nampo, DPRK on June 3, 2017.
    2. AKA: ??????????
    3. Location: Unit 503, 5th Floor, Silvercord Tower 2, 30, Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  20. WEIHAI WORLD-SHIPPING FREIGHT
    1. Description: Ship and commercial manager of the XIN GUANG HAI, a vessel that on loaded coal at Taean, DPRK on October 27, 2017 and had an ETA of November 14, 2017 to Cam Pha, Vietnam, but it did not arrive and instead went to Port Klang, Malaysia on December 18, 2017.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: 419-201, Tongyi Lu, Huancui Qu, Weihai, Shandong 264200, China
  21. YUK TUNG ENERGY PTE LTD
    1. Description: Ship manager and commercial manager of the YUK TUNG, which conducted ship-to-ship transfer of refined petroleum product.
    2. AKA: n/a
    3. Location: 17-22, UOB Plaza 2, Raffles Place, Singapore 048624, Singapore

C. Vessels

I. Vessels subject to assets freeze pursuant to paragraph 12 of resolution 2321 (2016) and prohibited from port entry pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 2371 (2017):

CHON MYONG 1         (IMO number: 8712362)
AN SAN 1             (IMO number: 7303803)
YU PHYONG 5          (IMO number: 8605026)
SAM JONG 1           (IMO number: 8405311)
SAM JONG 2           (IMO number: 7408873)
SAM MA 2             (IMO number: 8106496)
YU JONG 2            (IMO number: 8604917)
PAEK MA              (IMO number: 9066978)
JI SONG 6            (IMO number: 8898740)
CHON MA SAN          (IMO number: 8660313)
NAM SAN 8            (IMO number: 8122347)
YU SON               (IMO number: 8691702)
WOORY STAR           (IMO number: 8408595)

II. Vessels subject to assets freeze pursuant to paragraphs 8(d) of resolution 1718 (2006) and 12 of resolution 2270 (2016) as economic resources owned by Phyongchon Shipping & Marine and Hapjanggang Shipping Corp, entities designated for assets freeze:

JI SONG 8             (IMO number: 8503228)
HAP JANG GANG 6       (IMO number: 9066540)

III. Vessels subject to de-flagging pursuant to paragraph 12 of resolution 2321 (2016) and prohibited from port entry pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 2371 (2017):

ASIA BRIDGE 1         (IMO number: 8916580)
XIN GUANG HAI         (IMO number: 9004700)
HUA FU                (IMO number: 9020003)
YUK TUNG              (IMO number: 9030591)
KOTI                  (IMO number: 9417115)
DONG FENG 6           (IMO number: 9008201)
HAO FAN 2             (IMO number: 8747604)
HAO FAN 6             (IMO number: 8628597)
JIN HYE               (IMO number: 8518572)
FAN KE                (IMO number: 8914934)
WAN HENG 11           (IMO number: 8791667)
MIN NING DE YOU 078   (IMO number: does not exist)

Related: Singapore oil trading, bunkering firm added to US sanctions list

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Published: 2 April, 2018

 

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Singapore: Final meetings scheduled for Gagarmayang Maritime and related companies

Other companies involved are Pramoni Maritime Pte Ltd, Wulansari Maritime Pte Ltd, Anjasmoro Maritime Pte Ltd and Indradi Maritime Pte Ltd.

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The final meetings of members of Gagarmayang Maritime Pte Ltd and related companies, has been scheduled to take place on 12 March, according to the company’s liquidators on a notice posted on Wednesday (12 February) on the Government Gazette.

The other companies involved in the matter are Pramoni Maritime Pte Ltd, Wulansari Maritime Pte Ltd, Anjasmoro Maritime Pte Ltd and Indradi Maritime Pte Ltd.

The meetings will be held by way of electronic means at 11am for the purpose of having an account laid before the members showing the manner in which the winding up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the liquidators.

The details of the liquidators are as follows:

Hamish Alexander Christie
c/o H.A. Christie & Co
20 Collyer Quay, #11-05
Singapore 049319

Related: Singapore: Wulansari Maritime Pte Ltd and related companies to be wound up voluntarily
Related: Creditors meeting for Anjasmoro Maritime and affiliated sister firms to be held in Oct

 

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Published: 14 February, 2025

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Solomon Islands government joins landowners in compensation claim over 2019 oil spill disaster

Considered the biggest environmental disaster in Solomon Islands’ history, grounding of “MV Solomon Trader” and subsequent oil spill caused environmental devastation at Rennell Island, says government.

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Solomon Islands government joins landowners in compensation claim over 2019 oil spill disaster

The Solomon Islands government last month stated its support to the landowners of Kangava Bay, East Rennell by joining a compensation claim against international companies responsible for a monumental oil spill in February 2019.

Considered the biggest environmental disaster in Solomon Islands’ history, the grounding of Hong-Kong flagged bulk carrier MV Solomon Trader and the subsequent oil spill caused environmental devastation at Rennell Island. 

The vessel reportedly ran aground on 4 February and spilled more than 300 metric tonnes (mt) of heavy fuel oil into the ocean. 

“A first-of-its-kind claim in both collaboration and magnitude, the government and landowners have joined as co-claimants to pursue a group of international companies for environmental and other damages,” the government said in a statement. 

The compensation claim was filed in the High Court in Honiara on 31 January by the landowners of the Kangava Bay Community East Rennell Island and the Attorney General on behalf of the Solomon Islands government.

Acting jointly with the landowners in the matter, the Attorney-General Mr John Muria Jnr will lead the Solomon Islands government in the claim.

“We wish to ensure that companies act within local and international maritime and environmental laws and those that don’t need to be held to account,” said Attorney-General John Muria Jnr.

Solomon Islands Minister of Environment Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology Trevor Mahaga, points out that “while East Rennell is a remote area, its environmental importance cannot be overstated and significant damage was done to this important part of our country and despite the generous clean-up assistance from Australia and New Zealand at the time, the residents continue to be impacted.”

“Neither the Kangava Community nor the Solomon Islands Government have received any assistance or compensation from the parties that are allegedly responsible,” the government added. 

Related: Bunker spill at Solomon Islands continue, more help sent
Related: Bunker spill: “Solomon Trader” beached at Solomon Islands
Related: “Solomon Trader” disaster shows nowhere safe from HFO spills

 

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Published: 14 February, 2025

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Singapore: Liquidator schedules final meeting for Vanda Marine Services

Final meeting of the company and creditors for Vanda Marine Services Pte Ltd, has been set to take place at 11am on 7 March at 8 Burn Road, Trivex #16-12, Singapore 369977.

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The final meeting of the company and creditors for Vanda Marine Services Pte Ltd, has been scheduled to take place on 7 March, according to the company’s liquidator on a notice posted on Friday (7 February) on the Government Gazette.

The meeting will be held at 8 Burn Road, Trivex #16-12, Singapore 369977 at 11am. It is being held for the purpose of having an account laid before the meeting showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company has been disposed of and hearing any explanation that may be given by the liquidator.

The details of the liquidator are as follows:

Seah Chee Wei
Liquidator
c/o 8 Burn Road
Trivex #16-12
Singapore 369977

Notes:

1) A member/creditor entitled to attend the above meeting may appoint a proxy to attend in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. The instrument appointing a proxy must be lodged with the liquidator in the following manner:

  • By email to the Liquidator’s office at [email protected]; and
  • By post to the Liquidator’s office at 8 Burn Road, Trivex #16-12, Singapore 369977 not later than 12.00 p.m. on 6 March 2025 or adjourned meeting at which it is to be used.

2) A corporation which is a member of the Company may, by resolution of its directors, authorise any person to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company, and such representative shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the Corporation which he represents as if he had been an individual member of the Company.

 

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Published: 10 February, 2025

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