They placed bouquets before the statues of Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il in Hamhung City and paid tribute to them.

Speeches were made at the meeting attended by captain and crewmen of the Panama-flagged ship Sea Star 7.

The speakers said Kim Il Sung, who had embarked on the road of the revolution in his early years, founded the immortal Juche idea, led the revolution and construction to victory and thus performed great feats before the times and history. They went on:

The President's life was the most brilliant life of a peerless patriot who devoted his all to the country and its people.

He will always be alive in the hearts of not only the Koreans but the world progressive people.

A letter to Marshal Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting.