Arctic Sea: Jon Jin 2: Chendin-2: Chon Ji 2

sister vessel to North Korean bulker
The Russian Investigative Committee website shows the Arctic Sea with markings for the North Korean vessel Jon Jin 2. Previously reported from Russian sources as Chendin-2 and Chon Ji 2.

>The ministry said that, when the ship was intercepted, its captain claimed it was the North Korean vessel Chendin-2, and was headed from Havana to Sierra Leone with a cargo of palm wood."

Ex Names: ex-Ingenious 91 C.FILYOS - 95 VERILY - 04 JON JIN 2
Notes: B-26 type.
Sister/Similar Ships: Sisters: DEVIGLORYI [8108705] (Pa) ex-Carrianna Primrose; LAURADA (Ma) ex-Carrianna Peony


IMO Number: 8018912 Flag: Democratic People`s Republic of Korea Builder:Country: Britain and British Dependencies Company: A & PYear: 1982 Type: Bulk carrier Sequence: MC4MFN Hull Form: H1 Tonnage:Gross Tonnage: 15,384 tons Deadweight: 26,450 tonnes Dimensions: 181.29×22.86×10.38m (594.78×75.00×34.06ft) Speed: 14.5kt Machinery:Screw Type: Single Screw Engine Type: Motor vessel Company: Sulzer Ex Names: ex-Ingenious Notes: B-26 type.Sister/Similar Ships: Sisters: DEVIGLORYI [8108705] (Pa) ex-Carrianna Primrose; LAURADA (Ma) ex-Carrianna Peony

Chendin 2 = Chon Ji 2=Nam Yang8?

typical of this length vessel

The closest match to Chendin 2 (the name used by the Arctic Sea when arrested) on the Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit database is Chon Ji 2, which is 1979-built, 3,870 dwt and North Korea-flagged. Its International Maritime Organisation number is 8988129. Arctic Sea is Malta-flag, 1991-built, 4,706 dwt and bears the IMO number 8912792.

IMO Number: 8988129 Country: North Korea
MMSI Number: 445176000 Length: 101.0m
Callsign: HMYO2 Beam: 14.0m

Another North Korean ship built in 1979 and 101.0m in length is Nam Yang8:
Nam Yang8
Typ: Cargo Ship
IMO Number: 7913385 Country: North Korea
MMSI Number: 445251000 Length: 101.0m
Callsign: HMYM4 Beam: 16.0m

Why did North Korea tell the Russians (if they did) that Chendin 2 was in Angola, and is it>?

Al Hamad (1965), 1,700 grt, North Korean flag.

Israel may have carried out the boldest act of nuclear preemption since its own 1981 raid against Iraq's Osirak nuclear complex. The strike came three days after a ship carrying material from North Korea docked at a Syrian port and delivered containers that Israel believes held nuclear materials. If so, its silence is shrewd. It has allowed Syria to avoid a military response and every other Arab state to pretend that nothing happened. So far, the most serious fallout may be China's abrupt and unexplained postponement of scheduled "six-party" talks on North Korea's nuclear program.

Israel bombed a facility where it believed Syria was attempting to hatch its own nuclear weapons program with North Korea's assistance. here

Proliferation Security Initiative Ship Boarding Agreement

North Korean ship on waterfront of Chinese border city of Dandong
Proliferation Security Initiative Ship Boarding Agreement with Marshall Islands here
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Navy tracking North Korea freighter

The Military Sealift Command oiler refuels guided missile destroyer, left, and aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Oct. 18 in the Western Pacific Ocean.The Navy is tracking a North Korean cargo ship that left port and was headed south from the Korean Peninsula, but does not know what the ship is carrying or its destination.The carrier Kitty Hawk left Yokosuka, Japan, on Tuesday with a heavy phalanx of escorts and Carrier Air Wing 5 as regional tensions remain high after North Korea’s Oct. 9 underground detonation of a nuclear device and news it may test another. Kitty Hawk is the Navy’s only forward-deployed carrier and follows a different underway schedule than U.S.-based aircraft carriers. here here here