Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/20
By: Liu Chien-pang and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) Two tankers registered through the Billions Bunker Group, the

Photo courtesy of Coast Guard Administration

corporation accused of selling oil to North Korea, were denied entry into Kaohsiung Port in southern Taiwan Friday.

The tankers — the Kings Way and the Twins Bull — are named on Taiwan’s no entry list and watch list due to alleged violations of United Nations sanctions, Yao Chou-tien (姚洲典), head of the Coast Guard Administration’s (CGA) Department of Coastal Control, said in an interview Saturday.

A coast guard team requested to search the Twins Bull, boarding it at around 6:40 p.m. to find a crew of 14, including an Indonesian captain, but no oil or any other prohibited cargo was discovered, he said.    [FULL  STORY]