The Mexican government earlier this month classified the North Korean vessel in Tuxpan port as abandoned, and said that it would be sold for scrap.

The announcement concludes nearly a two-year limbo for the DPRK registered Mu Du Bong, which was seized after it ran aground on the east Mexican coast in 2014.

“We declare the boat called Mu Bu Dong, with DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) flag, abandoned, free from any assessment, with all its effects and belongings,” the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) announced last week.

The SCT also said the vessel will be transferred