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**Daily Maritime Sanctions Briefing: August 29, 2026**
There are currently 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in global tracking. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistings, and no recorded changes to vessel names, flags, or operators.
A total of 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various chokepoints over the last 24 hours. In Northwest Europe, six vessels were tracked, including the HEDY (IMO 9212888, Iran flag), Lady R (IMO 9161003, Russia flag), Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, Russia flag), Ascalon (IMO 9198226, Russia flag), and Sable (IMO 9524451, Panama flag). The Suez chokepoint recorded one vessel, the Mona (IMO 9314818, Liberia flag).
Other notable chokepoint activity includes three vessels at port_RUULU: ANATOLY KOLODKIN (IMO 9610808, Panama flag), GEORGY MASLOV (IMO 9610793, Georgia flag), and GEFEST (IMO 9319882, unknown flag). Additional vessels identified at various ports include the SALINA (IMO 9357377, Iran flag) at port_CAQUE, the Proxima (IMO 9329655, Barbados flag) at port_RUKOR, and the Viktor Titov (IMO 9301407, Panama flag) in the West Mediterranean.
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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