Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 27 August 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Thursday, August 27, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 25
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As of August 27, 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. The Mediterranean West saw 4 vessels, including the BEHDOKHT (IMO 9405978, Iran flag), SAKHALIN ISLAND (IMO 9249128, Panama flag), NANDA DEVI (IMO 9274434, Georgia flag), and HS Star (IMO 9274446, Liberia flag). The Suez chokepoint also recorded 4 vessels: NS BURGAS (IMO 9411020, Georgia flag), Mona (IMO 9314818, Liberia flag), Orient Harmony (IMO 9620633, Panama flag), and KRISHNA 1 (IMO 9271585, Panama flag).

Other notable sightings at chokepoints include 3 vessels in Northwest Europe, specifically the Nordstraum (IMO 9036284, unknown flag), HEDY (IMO 9212888, Iran flag), and Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, Russia flag). Additional vessels were tracked at the port of CAQUE (SALINA, IMO 9357377, Iran flag), port NLZBW (HEDY, IMO 9212888, Iran flag), port RUKUF (POLA ALEXIA, IMO 9903853, unknown flag), and port RUKOR (Proxima, IMO 9329655, Barbados flag).

Other monitored locations included the Malacca chokepoint, port MYKET, and port MYTPP, all featuring the Samsun (IMO 9436006, Panama flag). Other single vessel sightings were reported at port RUPRI (ANATOLY KOLODKIN, IMO 9610808, Panama flag), port JPOIT (LITEYNY PROSPECT, IMO 9256078, Georgia flag), port RUULU (GEORGY MASLOV, IMO 9610793, Georgia flag), port NOSAU (GEFEST, IMO 9319882, unknown flag), port EGALY (HS Everett, IMO 9410870, Liberia flag), port EGPSD (Orient Harmony, IMO 9620633, Panama flag), and the Turkish chokepoint (Onyx, IMO 9236640, Georgia flag).

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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