Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/22
By: Huang Li-yun and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Jan. 22 (CNA) Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) ordered two tankers,

Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Administration

believed to be linked to a Taiwanese company accused of selling oil to North Korea in violation of United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang, out of its waters after inspecting the vessels and finding no evidence of criminality, the CGA said in a statement issued Monday.

South Korea seized the Lighthouse Winmore, a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker chartered by Billions Bunker Group Corp., registered in the Marshal Islands, for allegedly transferring 600 tons of refined oil to a North Korean ship on Oct. 19, 2017 in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to foreign news wire reports.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications’ Maritime and Port Bureau placed the Palau-registered Billions No. 18 (now renamed Kings Way) and Billions No. 88 (renamed Twins Bull) on the country’s no entry list and watch list on Jan. 9 in response to the company’s alleged sanctions violations.    [FULL  STORY]