Voice of the United States (VOA) reported on the 17th that four ships were captured again in the West Sea of North Korea.
According to VOA, on the 16th, the previous day, in the Planet Labs satellite photo taken in the southern sea of Chodo in the West Sea of North Korea, ships of 110m, 100m, 50m, and 100m in length were captured side by side.
Three long ships lined up with a small ship in between, presumed to be a transshipment act using a barge for a crane.
In particular, a yellowish object was contained in the loading box of a 100m long ship located in the far south, and objects of the same color were also observed in the front of other ships.
VOA explained that “sand that appears yellow on satellite images or objects contained in bags appear to have been transported from one ship to another.”
Meanwhile, not far from this point, three additional ships with hulls attached were also found, VOA said.
VOA said, “If you add this case, the total number of suspected transshipment cases this year will increase to 32 cases.” “Within less than three months into the new year, we have already almost covered last year’s suspected transshipment cases (36 cases), and if this trend continues, the scale of last year will be exceeded within this month.” will be surpassed,” he said.
According to UN Security Council Resolution 2375, adopted in 2017, North Korea or ships representing North Korea are prohibited from receiving any goods through transshipment on the high seas.
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