https://stories.theconversation.com/tracking-north-korean-dark-ship/
"It’s the middle of the night in April 2023 in the East China Sea.
A North Korean-linked oil tanker, sailing under different country's flag,
suddenly goes dark.
It stops transmitting its location using the Automatic Identification System
(AIS) machine that all larger commercial ships have on board. To the casual
observer looking at a computer screen, it ceases to exist.
Ten days later, the ship reappears on the screen. Its AIS signal shows it is
off the coast of southern China.
But the ship itself had never left its original location. We know because we
spotted it by satellite.
It's called
New Konk and it was preparing for a voyage to deliver sanctioned
oil.
This is just one of hundreds of ships in the North Korean shadow fleet that
keeps the pariah state's economy afloat in the face of international
sanctions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
