JIN TENG

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Detained ship released

After almost three weeks of being detained at the Port of Subic, the Philippine Coast Guard released the "Jin Teng" and ist crew of 21 crewmen on Mar 24. Transportation and Communications Undersecretary for Operations Edwin Lopez signed the release order. Inspectors who checked the ship noted that some of the fire hose boxes were empty and not ready for immediate use, a few emergency light bulbs were either busted or not working, the ballast air vent heads at the main deck were corroded and some electrical switches in the sub panel board at the engine room with 440 volts were without insulation materials. The defects have been remedied and the foreign ship was given clearance by the Coast Guard’s Port State Control before they were allowed to leave in coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The ship left the same day bound for Shindao.

UN North Korea Sanctions on 4 Black-listed Ships Lifted

According to a Reuters report, the UN Security Council agreed to a Chinese request to remove sanctions on four ships that had been blacklisted for ties to Pyongyang after China secured assurances the vessels would not use North Korean crews. The ships were among 31 vessels sanctioned by the 15-member council on March 2 because they were owned by North Korean shipping firm Ocean Maritime Management Company (OMM). The four ships include the Jin Teng, a cargo ship detained by the Philippines days after the sanctions took effect. Chinese U.N. Ambassador Liu Jieyi said that the UN agency discovered that they were not OMM ships. The basis for the listing of the ships is basically that they belong to OMM, "so if you make a mistake then you correct the mistake," Liu Jieyi said. http://www.marinelink.com/news/blacklisted-sanctions406986.aspx

Impounded ship changed berth in Subic

The "Jin Teng", still impounded by the Philippine government, has been moved to another area inside the free port of Subicv to allow other ships to dock at the Naval Supply Depot (NSD). On Mar 9, the maritime police of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) escorted the "Jin Teng" as it maneuvered it toward Sattler Pier, about 250 meters away from its previous location. The ship’s transfer was not a move to prepare the vessel from leaving the Philippine shores. Since Feb 28, obstructing the docking area of incoming cargo ships that unloaded their cargo or stop for repair. The ship was seized on orders from the DFA to enforce a new round of UN sanctions against North Korea in response to its Jan 6 nuclear test and the recent missile launches.