Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 30 July 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 25
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As of July 30, 2026, the running total of active sanctioned vessels stands at 2,952. There were no new vessel designations, delistings, or changes to vessel flags, names, or operators recorded in the last 24 hours.

In the last 24 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. In the Mediterranean West, four vessels were noted: the Marie De Lourdes I (IMO 8688183, mt flag), the SALINA (IMO 9357377, ir flag), the NS ANTARCTIC (IMO 9413559, ga flag), and the NS Pride (IMO 9322956, ga flag). The Suez region recorded three vessels: the Angara (IMO 9179842, ru flag), the Lady R (IMO 9161003, ru flag), and the Hai II (IMO 9259599, lr flag).

Other chokepoint activity included two vessels in Northwest Europe, the Nordstraum (IMO 9036284) and the Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, ru flag). Two vessels were identified at the port of RUNJK, the VLADIMIR MONOMAKH (IMO 9842176, ru flag) and the Krymsk (IMO 9270529, ga flag). Additional sanctioned vessels were tracked at the Red Sea (ANATOLY KOLODKIN, IMO 9610808, pa flag), Japan (NS Leader, IMO 9339301, ga flag), and Korea (NS Leader, IMO 9339301, ga flag).

Other single vessel sightings at specific ports included the Valentin Emirov (IMO 8866591, ru flag) at port_AZBAK, the Angara (IMO 9179842, ru flag) at port_EGPSD, the Lady R (IMO 9161003, ru flag) at port_EGSUZ, the Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, ru flag) at port_FRSML, the NS CONSUL (IMO 9341093, ga flag) at port_RUKOZ, the GEORGY MASLOV (IMO 9610793, ga flag) at port_RUULU, the Kazan (IMO 9258002, lr flag) at port_RUVYP, the Proxima (IMO 9329655, bb flag) at port_RUKOR, and the Serenade (IMO 9318541, bb flag) at both port_EGEDK and port_EGSKT.

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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