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SHUN FA

Maritime detention · Regulator warning

SHUN FA is an entity of interest. It has not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	Apex · SHUN FA				[sources]
Alias	Shun Fa · Uni Wealth · Zhe Sheng 26				[sources]
Build Date	1998-06-01				[sources]
Description	In May 2021, a UN Member State impounded the vessel "Kingsway" (IMO: 9191773) while it disguised itself as the "Shun Fa" (aka Apex) with IMO "8528864". According to the UN Panel of Experts September 2021 report (p. 16-17), photographic comparison shows that the hulls of the "Apex" and its former alias "Zhe Sheng 26" are different, indicating identity fraud. The Panel suspects the "Kingsway" to have taken over the identity of the "Apex" sometime after the ownership transferred from Taizhou Zhesheng Shipping to Better Smart in July 2018, when the vessel was renamed to Uni Wealth.				[sources]
Flag	China · Mongolia				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	5830				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO8528864`				[sources]
Type	Oil tanker				[sources]
Source link	www.nknews.org				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-31	Last processed	2025-11-30	First seen	2023-08-08

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
-	Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding		2021-05-10	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
JOY WEALTHY TRADING LIMITED	Owner	2019-10	-
Zhejiang Hongguan Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Vessel builder

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United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Tokyo MoU region.

Global · Tokyo MoU

Source data IDs: kprusi-eb2c830e15a76b135429233d811780425eb04d4c · tok-mou-det-9a91c36832af102d73aa4da4a8b73d25feee976e

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