A Hong Kong tanker has been released in South Korea after authorities found there was no deliberate intention to breach sanctions against North Korea.

The 16,500-dwt Lighthouse Winmore (built 2014) has been held at the South Korean port of Yeosu since December 2017.

It was one of four vessels seized to check whether they violated UN sanctions by making illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil or coal products to North Korean ships.