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As of August 4, 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 recorded.
During the last 24 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various chokepoints and ports. The Suez region saw the highest concentration with five vessels: Sensus (IMO 9296585, Liberia flag), Hai II (IMO 959599, Liberia flag), HS Everett (IMO 9410870, Liberia flag), Mona (IMO 9314818, Liberia flag), and Orient Harmony (IMO 9620633, Panama flag). Other notable activity included two vessels in Brazil, the HEDY (IMO 9212888, Iran flag) and NASHA (IMO 9079107, Iran flag), and two vessels in Northwest Europe, the Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, Russia flag) and Valour (IMO 9832559, Panama flag).
Additional sanctioned vessels were tracked at other locations, including the Strait of Hormuz with the ABBA (IMO 9051624, Iran flag), the Malacca Strait with the NS BURGAS (IMO 941020, Gabon flag), and the Western Mediterranean with the Lady R (IMO 9161003, Russia flag) and Talisman (IMO 9292060, Barbados flag). Other vessels identified include the Alexey Kosygin (IMO 9904546, Russia flag) in Korea, the MYS SHMIDTA (IMO 9243825, Russia flag) in Japan, and the NS Pride (IMO 9322956, Gabon flag) at port_ESALG.
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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