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As of July 28, 2026, there are 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in total. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators.
During the last 24 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various chokepoints. The Suez chokepoint recorded the highest concentration with five vessels: Angara (IMO 9179842, Russian flag), Lady R (IMO 9161003, Russian flag), NS COLUMBUS (IMO 9312884, Gabonese flag), NS Pride (IMO 9322956, Gabonese flag), and Sensus (IMO 9296585, Liberian flag). Other chokepoint activity included one vessel at Hormuz (ABBA, IMO 9051624, Iranian flag), one at West Mediterranean (SALINA, IMO 9357377, Iranian flag), and one at the Malacca Strait (Sable, IMO 9524451, Panamanian flag).
Additional sanctioned vessels were tracked at various ports. These included the VLADIMIR MONOMAKH (IMO 9842176, Russian flag) and Krymsk (IMO 9270529, Gabonese flag) at port RUNJK, and the Aleksandr Sokolov (IMO 9889198, flag unknown) at port RUBNK. Other vessels noted at specific ports include the Hai II (IMO 9259599, Liberian flag) at port EGPSD, the Kazan (IMO 9258002, Liberian flag) at port RUVYP, and the Valour (IMO 9832559, Panamanian flag) at port RUPRI.
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.
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