Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 4 July 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Saturday, July 4, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 25
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July 4, 2026

A total of 2,952 vessels are currently active on global sanctions lists. 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 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. In Northwest Europe, four vessels were noted: Nordstraum (IMO 9036284), Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, Russian flag), NS Pride (IMO 9322956, Gabonese flag), and Ariadne (IMO 9397547, Barbadian flag). The Mediterranean West saw four vessels, including the BEHDOKHT (IMO 9405978, Iranian flag), Zeus (IMO 8799619, Malta flag), HAPPINESS (IMO 9212905, Iranian flag), and ENISEY (IMO 9079169, Russian flag). The Red Sea recorded two vessels: SAKHALIN ISLAND (IMO 9249128, Panamanian flag) and HENG TAI (IMO 9419448, Panamanian flag).

Other chokepoint sightings included two vessels at Port Malta (Marie De Lourdes I, IMO 8688183, Malta flag, and Zeus, IMO 8799619, Malta flag), two vessels at Port Egypt Suez (Serenade, IMO 9318541, Barbadian flag, and Sensus, IMO 9296585, Liberian flag), and two vessels at Port Egypt Port Said (Sensus, IMO 9296585, Liberian flag, and Hai II, IMO 9259599, Liberian flag). Additional single vessel sightings were reported at Port Malta Marsaxlokk (Zeus, IMO 8799619, Malta flag), Port Bahrain (NASHA, IMO 9079107, Iranian flag), Port Azerbaijan Baku (Valentin Emirov, IMO 8866591, Russian flag), Port Russia Kozelsk (Vladimir Latyshev, IMO 9921996, Russian flag), Port Russia Karantsev (NS CONSUL, IMO 9341093, Gabonese flag), Malacca (NS ANTARCTIC, IMO 9413559, Gabonese flag), Port Russia Kerch (Proxima, IMO 9329655, Barbadian flag), the Suez Canal (Serenade, IMO 9318541, Barbadian flag), the Turkish Strait (NANDA DEVI, IMO 9274434, Gabonese flag), and the Strait of Gibraltar (noted via the presence of vessels in the Mediterranean West).

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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