US seizes Singaporean-owned tanker used to evade North Korea sanctions

M/T Courageous was seized by Cambodian authorities in March 2020 in accordance with a US warrant. - US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON (Reuters): The US Justice Department (DoJ) on Friday (July 31) announced the seizure of a 2,734-tonne tanker it said was owned and operated by a Singaporean national and used to make shipments of petroleum products to North Korea in violation of international sanctions.

A DoJ statement said the M/T Courageous was seized by Cambodian authorities in March 2020 in accordance with a US warrant, having been used to transfer oil products to North Korean vessels and to make direct shipments to the North Korean port of Nampo.