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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

Photo credit: United Nations
Published: 2 April, 2018

 

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India: MSC faces USD 1.1 billion lawsuit from Kerala state over “MSC ELSA 3” bunker spill

Reports noted approximately 84 mt of diesel and 376 mt of fuel oil on board the stricken vessel when it sank carrying 643 boxes.

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Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is reportedly facing a USD 1.1 billion lawsuit from India’s southern state of Kerala which is seeking compensation over marine fuel leaked from MSC ELSA 3 into the Arabian Sea in May.

The High Court of Kerala on Monday (7 July) ordered authorities to seize containership MSC Akiteta II which was anchored in Vizhinjam Port until securities for the claim amount are deposited.

The 1,700 TEU capacity containership MSC ELSA 3 was sailing from Vizhinjam to Kochi when failure in its ballast management system caused it to sink on 25 May about 13 nautical miles off the coast of Kerala.

Reports noted approximately 84 metric tonnes (mt) of diesel and 376 mt of fuel oil on board the stricken vessel when it sank carrying 643 boxes.

 

Photo credit: Indian Ministry of Defence
Published: 9 July 2025

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Shell MGO bunker heist: Co-conspirator receives 302-month jail sentence

Abdul Latif Bin Ibrahim and accomplices siphoned over 150,000 mt of gasoil worth at least USD 74 million from Shell Pukom between August 2014 and January 2018.

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A Judge at the High Court of the Republic of Singapore on Monday (7 July) sentenced Abdul Latif Bin Ibrahim, a former Process Technician working at Shell Pulau Bukom, to a jail term of 25 years and two months (302 months), reported the Straits Times.

Latif pleaded guilty to a total of 30 charges – 20 charges under criminal breach of trust and 10 charges under money laundering – while consenting to have 34 remaining charges taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing.

The 67-year-old male is due to start his prison sentence on 30 September 2025.

Court documents obtained by Singapore bunkering publication Manifold Times showed Latif, with the help of other rogue Shell employees, siphoning over 150,000 metric tonnes (mt) of gasoil valued at least USD 74,469,000 (approximately SGD 100,601,000) from Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd’s (Shell) Pulau Bukom facility between August 2014 and January 2018.

Latif was arrested on 7 January 2018.

Investigations found him receiving a total of at least about SGD 7 million in criminal benefits between 2014 to 2018, of which he spent these monies on luxury watches, foreign property, cars, amongst others.

Authorities have seized assets worth approximately SGD 7.67 million from Latif; amongst recovered are:

  • One Rolex Daytona (leather strap) watch worth SGD 28,800
  • One Frank Muller watch worth SGD 7,000
  • One Frank Muller watch worth SGD 8,000
  • 03 packs of 1,000 pcs of SGD 1,000 notes worth SGD 3 million
  • 991 pcs of 1,000 pcs of SGD 1,000 notes worth SGD 991,000
  • 400 pcs of 1,000 pcs of SGD 1,000 notes worth SGD 400,000
  • Sales balance proceeds of BMW M5 worth SGD 174,300
  • Sales balance proceeds of Mercedes Benz E43 worth SGD 276,200
  • Sales balance proceeds of Aston Martin DBS Coupe worth SGD 338,200
  • Sale proceeds from property at St Martin’s Dr worth SGD 670,000
  • Sale proceeds from property at Suites@Braddell worth SGD 557,200

Earlier coverage of developments by Manifold Times regarding the Shell MGO bunker heist can be found below:

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Related: Shell MGO bunker heist: Ex-Shell blending specialist jailed over USD 956,000 worth of misappropriated gasoil
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Related: Shell Singapore oil heist: Breakdown of stolen oil cargoes
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Photo credit: Manifold Times
Published: 8 July 2025

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Malaysia: MMEA detains tanker transporting 62,000 litres of diesel off Port Klang

Vessel was operated by a 43-year-old Indonesia captain with a crew of six Indonesians; captain failed to present any documents permitting the transport of the diesel which is a controlled item.

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Malaysia: MMEA detains tanker carrying 62,000 litres of diesel off Port Klang

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Friday (4 July) said it detained a tanker carrying 62,000 litres of diesel without valid documentation off Port Klang on 3 July. 

Selangor MMEA director Maritime Captain Abdul Muhaimin Muhammad Salleh said the tanker was detained at about one nautical mile west of Tanjung Harapan at 1.30pm during a routine patrol in Selangor waters. 

Initial checks showed the tanker was operated by a 43-year-old Indonesia captain with a crew of six, aged between 21 and 51, who were also Indonesians. All of them had complete identification documents. 

However, the captain failed to present any documents permitting the transport of the diesel cargo which is a controlled item. 

With that, a detention order was issued for the tanker. Both the captain and second engineer were arrested and were brought to the marine police jetty in Pulau Indah for further investigation. 

The case will be investigated under the Control of Supplies Act 1961 for failure to provide a permit or special licences from the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry to possess, store or transport controlled goods.  

 

Photo credit: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
Published: 7 July, 2025

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