Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 1 August 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Saturday, August 1, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 25
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As of August 1, 2026, the running total of active sanctioned vessels stands at 2,952. There were no new vessel designations or delistings recorded in the last 24 hours, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators were reported.

In the last 24 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. Activity was noted at the following locations:

* **med_west:** SALINA (IMO 9357377, ir flag, Crude Oil Tanker) and NS ANTARCTIC (IMO 9413559, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

* **suez:** Angara (IMO 9179842, ru flag, Roll-on Roll-off) and ANATOLY KOLODKIN (IMO 9610808, pa flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

* **port_RUNJK:** VLADIMIR MONOMAKH (IMO 9842176, ru flag, Crude Oil Tanker), Krymsk (IMO 9270529, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker), and Kazan (IMO 9258002, lr flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

* **port_RUKOZ:** NS CONSUL (IMO 9341093, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker), Alexey Kosygin (IMO 9904546, ru flag, LNG Carrier), and Krymsk (IMO 9270529, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

* **port_CNWEI:** Alexey Kosygin (IMO 9904546, ru flag, LNG Carrier) and Krymsk (IMO 9270529, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

* **Other locations:** Nordstraum (IMO 9036284, unknown flag) at port_GBTHP; Mekhanik Makarin (IMO 8904379, ru flag) at port_RUBNK; Valentin Emirov (IMO 8866591, ru flag) at port_AZBAK; Angara (IMO 9179842, ru flag) at port_EGPSD and port_EGSUZ; Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, ru flag) at nw_europe; POLA ALEXIA (IMO 9903853, unknown flag) at port_RUKUF; POLA MIROPIA (IMO 9903877, unknown flag) at port_IRAMP; ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV (IMO 9889198, unknown flag) at port_RULED and port_RUVYG; NS COLUMBUS (IMO 9312884, ga flag) at red_sea; SAKHALIN ISLAND (IMO 9249128, pa flag) at malacca; and GEORGY MASLOV (IMO 9610793, ga flag) at port_RUULU

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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