Exclusive: Despite sanctions, Russian tanker supplied fuel to North Korean ship-crew members

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A Russian tanker violated international trade sanctions by transferring fuel to a North Korean vessel at sea at least four times between October 2017 and May 2018, two crew members who witnessed the transfers said.

Primportbunker, the owner of the vessel the crew members said made the transfers, did not respond to requests for comment by telephone. No one answered the door when Reuters visited the building where Primportbunker has its headquarters in the port city of Vladivostok on Russia’s Pacific coast. The two crew said the fuel transfers took place when the Tantal’s transponder, which allows the vessel to be tracked at sea, was not operating. Shipping industry experts said this indicates the transponder was deliberately turned off or the Tantal had entered a zone not covered by ship-tracking radar.

Russia’s Far Eastern Customs Administration said it could not provide information about the Tantal’s voyages. The Seaport Administration of Russia’s Primorye region, which includes Vladivostok, said it had sought information from the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency in response to Reuters’ questions but the agency provided no information.

A third crew member said the Tantal had met up on these occasions with a vessel that was not North Korean - the China-registered Hui Tong 27 - and told port authorities on its return to port that it had transferred its cargo of fuel to this ship. But the Refinitiv ship-tracking data showed the Hui Tong 27 was not in the area at these times.

Shipping brokers cited customs data as showing that on three of the seven trips from October 2017 to May 2018 the Tantal was carrying fuel from the Komsomolsky refinery in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s far east. The refinery, which is owned by state oil company Rosneft, did not respond to requests for comment. There was no suggestion Rosneft know of the alleged transfers at sea. Rosneft did not respond to requests for comment.

F Russia

Sanctions by who ? Is it US ? If it is yes than there is no sanctions

Isn't it what US normally does - watch it's economic interests and, to hell with everything else?

None you want to tell me Putin is not working with Kim?

Laugh

the Russians have installed puppet POTUS It's only natural they will ignore the sanctions. Only misguided would believe sanctions apply to Russians. In Syria and Afghanistan American foreign policy is withdraw 🤫 military agreements broken. Unilateral trade agreements broken🤥

Surprised? Come on man!

Is putin there ? Maybe he wants to see trumpy in another secret meeting 🤔

All the president's friends.

And we just found this one... been happening all the time

And now Russia is in Vietnam, just by coincidence, at the same time as Trump and Kim? Trump wants to be a dictator so bad.

I'm sure the sanctions are circumvented thru other means as well. Trump would never hurt his bum buddy.

What is wrong in selling feul to north Korea. You don't want their people to use fuel again or something, I don't understand..

This how the Russian autocrat is! VladimirPutin24

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