Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 24 August 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Monday, August 24, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 24
Original announcement: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief press page

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As of August 24, 2026, there are 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in total. In the last 24 hours, there were no new 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. In Northwest Europe, 6 vessels were recorded, including the ABBA (IMO 9051624, Iran flag), HEDY (IMO 9212888, Iran flag), and the Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, Russia flag). Other vessels in this region include the Nordstraum (IMO 9036284), UDAYA (IMO 9288746), and the vessel with unknown type. In the West Mediterranean, 5 vessels were noted: Marie De Lourdes I (IMO 8688183, Malta flag), SAKHALIN ISLAND (IMO 9249128, Panama flag), Sable (IMO 9524451, Panama flag), NANDA DEVI (IMO 9274434, Gabon flag), and Corum (IMO 9544281, Panama flag).

Other maritime chokepoints and ports saw single or multiple sanctioned vessel sightings. The Red Sea recorded 2 vessels: NS BURGAS (IMO 9411020, Gabon flag) and Trust (IMO 9382798, Barbados flag). Port Ruulu recorded 2 vessels: ANATOLY KOLODKIN (IMO 9610808, Panama flag) and Elegance (IMO 9383950, Panama flag). Additional vessels were identified at port NOSAU (Angara, IMO 9179842, Russia flag), port RUDEE (MYS ZHELANIYA, IMO 9366110, Russia flag), port RULED (ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV, IMO 9889198), port IRAMP (ASTROL-1, IMO 9906544), port RUKOR (Proxima, IMO 9329655, Barbados flag), port EGPSD (Valour, IMO 9832559, Panama flag), port EGSUZ (Valour, IMO 9832559, Panama flag), and the Turkish chokepoint (SI HE, IMO 9378618, Panama flag). The Pioneer (IMO 9256602, Palau flag) was recorded at both the Cape and South Africa.

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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