Tanker ship associated with Ocean Maritime Management Company (OMM; KPe.020). Named by a UN Member State in November 2018 as one of six North Korean vessels that account for 50 per cent of all ship-to-ship transfers. Vessel subject to asset freeze – see paragraph 23 of UNSC Resolution 2270 (2016).
While the vessel "Sin Phyong 9" (a.k.a. Chong Rim 2) is listed on p. 134 and 144 of the UN Panel of Experts September 2023 report with the correct IMO 8916293, the satellite image descriptions use a different IMO (8021579), which belongs to the vessel "Ma Du San", a.k.a. "Sin Phyong 14".