Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 8 June 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Monday, June 8, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 24
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June 8, 2026

A total of 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various chokepoints over the last 24 hours. The running total of active sanctioned vessels currently stands at 2,952. There were no new vessel designations, delistings, or changes to vessel flags, names, or operators reported in the last 24 hours.

In the Suez region, six vessels were tracked, including the NS COLUMBUS (IMO 9312884, GA flag), LITEYNY PROSPECT (IMO 9256078, GA flag), GEORGY MASLOV (IMO 9610793, GA flag), Valour (IMO 9832559, PA flag), and Sensus (IMO 9296585, LR flag). The Mediterranean West saw three vessels: Marie De Lourdes I (IMO 8688183, MT flag), BEHDOKHT (IMO 9405978, IR flag), and NEVSKIY PROSPECT (IMO 9256054, GA flag). Northwest Europe recorded two vessels, the ABBA (IMO 9051624, IR flag) and the Nordstraum (IMO 9036284, unknown flag).

Other monitored locations included the Cape, where the North Mountain (IMO 9953511, PA flag) was identified. The vessel ANATOLY KOLODKIN (IMO 9610808, PA flag) was recorded at multiple ports, including GBIMM, ESALG, ESCEU, GIGIB, GRSKG, and ITMLZ. Additionally, the NS BURGAS (IMO 9411020, GA flag) was noted at both GBIMM and MATNG. Other vessels identified at specific ports include the NASHA (IMO 9079107, IR flag) at BRGEB, NANDA DEVI (IMO 9274434, GA flag) at a monitored stop, Sensus (IMO 9296585, LR flag) at EGPSD, and the HS Star (IMO 9274446, LR flag) at CNSHG.

Source: live sanctions list data aggregated from the publishing government authorities cited above. Verify every listing against the issuing authority's official notice before relying on it for compliance.

Source: Strait Up Maritime sanctions data (live)
This is an original article generated by Strait Up Maritime from publicly available sanctions list data. Underlying designations are published by: U.S. Treasury OFAC (SDN list, public domain), UK OFSI (consolidated list, Open Government Licence v3.0), European Council (CFSP regulations, EU re-use policy 2011/833/EU), United Nations Security Council (1267/1718/1591 lists, public domain), Australian DFAT (consolidated list, Commonwealth CC-BY 4.0), Global Affairs Canada (SEMA list, Canada OGL), Japan Ministry of Finance, Swiss SECO, and New Zealand DPMC. Verify every listing against the cited authority's official notice before relying on it for compliance.
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