Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 24 June 2026

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

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As of June 24, 2026, there are 2,952 active sanctioned vessels globally. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators recorded.

During the last 24-hour period, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. In Northwest Europe, two vessels were noted: the ABBA (IMO 9051624, Iran flag, General Cargo) and the Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, Russia flag, General Cargo). The Western Mediterranean saw six vessels, including the Marie De Lourdes I (IMO 8688183, Malta flag, unknown), BEHDOKHT (IMO 9405978, Iran flag, Bulk Carrier), ENISEY (IMO 9079169, Russia flag, Bulk Carrier), NS COLUMBUS (IMO 9312884, Gabon flag, Crude Oil Tanker), and LITEYNY PROSPECT (IMO 9256078, Gabon flag, Crude Oil Tanker). Additionally, two vessels were identified at the Suez chokepoint: the Ligovsky Prospect (IMO 9256066, Liberia flag, Crude Oil Tanker) and the NS Creation (IMO 9312896, Gabon flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

Other sanctioned vessels were tracked at various ports, including the NASHA (IMO 9079107, Iran flag, Crude Oil Tanker) at port BRMDD, the Mekhanik Makarin (IMO 8904379, Russia flag, General Cargo) at ports RULED and RUVYG, and the Valentin Emirov (IMO 8866591, Russia flag, General Cargo) at port AZBAK. Other vessels recorded at ports include the Nordstraum (IMO 9036284, unknown flag, unknown), Arno Babajanyan (IMO 9163764, unknown flag, unknown), POLA VARVARA (IMO 9903839, unknown flag, General Cargo), Ligovsky Prospect (IMO 9256066, Liberia flag, Crude Oil Tanker) at port EGADA, SCF Primorye (IMO 9421960, Liberia flag, Crude Oil Tanker) at port SYBAN, NS Leader (IMO 9339301, Gabon flag, Crude Oil Tanker) in Korea, and NS Creation (IMO 9312896, Gabon flag, Crude Oil Tanker) at ports CMLIT and EGSUZ.

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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