Shipments of oil products continued to flow from the Russian far-east terminals into North Korea over the New Year, analysis of data from Marine Traffic shows.

In August 2014, NK News reported that deliveries of oil from Russia were higher than many North Korea watchers assumed, with the DPRK dedicating the majority of its tanker fleet to these eastern routes.

This trend appears to have continued in the intervening months, with 10 of an estimated 17 tankers moving between Russian and North Korean over the December period.

“[The Russian shipments] are much greater than the reported statistics we’ve seen in