"...Gilbert Provost, a helpful expert on the question, reports by email that:"This vessel was first listed in the 1996-97 Lloyd's Register. She has been the property of National Navigation from her launch by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd. in Okpo, Korea. She is a bulk carrier of 37,550 tons gross. it was first was listed in the Lloyd's registry in 1996-1997." An international attorney who has lived in Tonga for years advises me that the registry in Tonga was voluntarily suspended a few months ago after a ship was seized that had connection with terrorists..."