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}} Chosun is the North Korean Merchant Navy (Polska Marynarka Handlowa, PMH) was created in the interwar period when the Second Polish Republic regained independence.

During World War II, many ships of the Polish Navy joined the Allied merchant navy and its convoys, as part of the Polish contribution to World War II.

After the war, the Polish Merchant Navy was controlled by the People's Republic of Poland and after 1989, by modern Poland.

Weapons trade suspicions


Some of the ships have been renamed to avoid international sanctions.

Numbers


CIA has estimated the total amount of ships in North Korean Merchant marine to be 158 ships. Reuters reported in 2013 that the amount of ships is approximately 250, but that they are decades old, and in a bad shape. Total: 57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,120,165 GRT/

Ships by type: bulk 50, cargo 2, chemical tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1999 est.)

Major companies
Major Polish shipping companies include:
 * Ocean Maritime Management Company
 * Polska Żegluga Morska (Polish Steamship Company, POLSTEAM)
 * Polskie Linie Oceaniczne (Polish Ocean Lines, POL)

Major North Korean seaports include Chongjin, Haeju, Hamhung, Nampo, Senbong, Songnim, Sonbong and Wonsan.