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Lighthouse Winmore
''Lighthouse Winmore'' is a Hong Kong-registered oil tanker that in November 2017, was seized for suspected violations of United Nations sanctions against North Korea A number of country and international bodies have imposed international sanctions against North Korea. Currently, many sanctions are concerned with North Korea's nuclear weapons programme and were imposed after its first nuclear test in 2006. .... See also * References Oil tankers 2017 in North Korea Merchant ships of Hong Kong {{Merchantship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oil Tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk cargo, bulk transport of petroleum, oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined petroleum, crude oil from its point of extraction to oil refinery, refineries. Product tankers, generally much smaller, are designed to move refined products from refineries to points near consuming markets. Oil tankers are often classified by their size as well as their occupation. The size classes range from inland or coastal tankers of a few thousand metric tons of deadweight tonnage, deadweight (DWT) to ultra-large crude carriers (ULCCs) of . Tankers move approximately of oil every year.UNCTAD 2006, p. 4. Second only to pipeline transport, pipelines in terms of efficiency,Huber, 2001: 211. the average cost of transport of crude oil by tanker amounts to only US. Some specialized types of oil tankers have evolved. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctions Against North Korea
A number of country and international bodies have imposed international sanctions against North Korea. Currently, many sanctions are concerned with North Korea's nuclear weapons programme and were imposed after its first nuclear test in 2006. North Korea was the most sanctioned country in the world before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. North Korea has had many sanctions from various countries such as: the United States, the European Union, the United Nations, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Norway, India, Israel, Russia, China, South Korea, and Japan. The United States imposed sanctions in the 1950s and tightened them further after international bombings against South Korea by North Korean agents during the 1980s, including the Rangoon bombing and the bombing of Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987. In 1988, the United States added North Korea to its list of state sponsors of terrorism. Sanctions against North Korea started to ease during the 1990s when South Korea's then-liber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oil Tankers
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries. Product tankers, generally much smaller, are designed to move refined products from refineries to points near consuming markets. Oil tankers are often classified by their size as well as their occupation. The size classes range from inland or coastal tankers of a few thousand metric tons of deadweight (DWT) to ultra-large crude carriers (ULCCs) of . Tankers move approximately of oil every year.UNCTAD 2006, p. 4. Second only to pipelines in terms of efficiency,Huber, 2001: 211. the average cost of transport of crude oil by tanker amounts to only US. Some specialized types of oil tankers have evolved. One of these is the naval replenishment oiler, a tanker which can fuel a moving vessel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In North Korea
In the year 2017, North Korea was involved in the 2017 North Korea crisis, along with other events. The country conducted 2017 North Korean nuclear test, a nuclear test in September, and 2017 North Korean missile tests, several missile tests throughout the year. One of these was the country's first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Hwasong-14. Two missiles were launched over Hokkaido in the Japanese archipelago, August 2017 North Korean missile launch over Japan, in August and September 2017 North Korean missile launch over Japan, in September 2017. Incumbents * Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, Party Chairman and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, State Chairman: Kim Jong Un * President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, President of the Supreme People's Assembly: Kim Yong-nam * Premier of North Korea, Premier: Pak Pong-ju Events Inclusion and organization of events This timeline categorizes 2017 events relevant to No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
