Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief · Friday, August 7, 2026
AI-GENERATED ANALYSIS
Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 7 August 2026
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Key facts
Source:Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
The total number of active sanctioned vessels has reached 2,952. 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. Notable activity included two vessels at port_CNWEI, the Iohann Mahmastal (IMO 8603406, Russian flag) and the DMITRY MENDELEEV (IMO 9888182, Russian flag), and two vessels at port_RUNJK, the Mekhanik Brilin (IMO 8904408, Russian flag) and the DMITRY MENDELEEV (IMO 9888182, Russian flag). The Suez chokepoint recorded one vessel, the Mona (IMO 9314818, Liberia flag).
Other vessels tracked at chokepoints include the Lady R (IMO 9161003, Russian flag) at med_west, the ENISEY (IMO 9079169, Russian flag) at port_EGEDK and port_EGSKT, and the Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, Russian flag) at nw_europe and port_FRSML. Additional vessels identified include the Ascalon (IMO 9198266, Russian flag) at port_NOSAU, the Proxima (IMO 9329655, bb flag) at port_RUKOR, and the Topaz (IMO 9292034, bb flag) at port_EGSUZ.
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. View live diff data · Report a correction
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