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 Manila will also deport the vessel's 21 North Korean crew and will
await a U.N. inspection team from the United Nations, foreign
ministry spokesman Charles Jose said in a text message.
"In compliance with the United Nations resolution, the North Korean
ship in Subic will be impounded and not allowed to leave port," he
said.
The 6,830 deadweight tonne (dwt) cargo ship Jin Teng was one of the
first sanctioned North Korean ships to enter a foreign port since
the tightened sanctions were passed unanimously by the U.N. Security
Council on Wednesday. Thirty-one North Korean ships are on the list.
 "The world is concerned over North Korea's nuclear weapons program
and as a member of the UN, the Philippines has to do its part to
enforce the sanctions," said Manolo Quezon, deputy presidential
spokesman told reporters.
The ship, flying a Sierra Leone flag, arrived on Feb. 27 and was
unloading palm kernels.
"We have sent teams to guard the ship until we get the formal order
from the government," said Commander Armand Balilo, coast guard
spokesman.
On Friday, the coast guard barred the ship from leaving port, citing
safety deficiencies found during an inspection.
The inspection was conducted after the U.N. passed the resolution
against Pyongyang.
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The U.N. resolution said the 31 ships were "economic resources
controlled or operated by Ocean Maritime Management and therefore
subject to the asset freeze".
The Jin Teng has called at Palembang, Indonesia, and Kaohsiung,
Taiwan, since the beginning of this year, ship tracking data
available on the Reuters Eikon Terminal showed.
(Reporting By Manuel Mogato; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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