Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 4 September 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Friday, September 4, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 25
Original announcement: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief press page

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September 4, 2026, maritime sanctions briefing: 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various chokepoints over the last 24 hours. The total number of active sanctioned vessels currently stands at 2,952. There were no new designations, delistings, or vessel changes regarding flags, names, or operators recorded in the last 24 hours.

In the Suez region, five vessels were tracked, including the Mona (IMO 9314818, flag unknown, Chemical/Oil Tanker), Orient Harmony (IMO 9620633, flag pa, Bulk Carrier), KRISHNA 1 (IMO 9271585, flag pa, Crude Oil Tanker), Topaz (IMO 929034, flag bb, Products Tanker), and JI SHUN (IMO 9384447, flag unknown, unknown). The Mediterranean West chokepoint saw three vessels: Marie De Lourdes I (IMO 8688183, mt flag, unknown), BEHDOKHT (IMO 9405978, ir flag, Bulk Carrier), and NS BURGAS (IMO 9411020, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker). Northwest Europe also recorded three vessels: Nordstraum (IMO 9036284, flag unknown, unknown), Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, ru flag, General Cargo), and GEORGY MASLOV (IMO 9610793, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

Other monitored locations included three vessels in the Turkish region: SI HE (IMO 9378618, pa flag, Products Tanker), Onyx (IMO 9236640, ga flag, Crude/Oil Products Tanker), and Uze (IMO 9323338, lr flag, Chemical/Oil Tanker). Port EGPSD recorded three vessels, including HS Everett (IMO 9410870, lr flag, Crude Oil Tanker) and Orient Harmony (IMO 9620633, pa flag, Bulk Carrier). Port RUULU tracked two vessels, Sable (IMO 9524451, pa flag, Crude Oil Tanker) and Talisman (IMO 9292060, bb flag, Products Tanker). Additional sightings included the Trust (IMO 9382798, bb flag, Products Tanker) in the Red Sea, Mekhanik Makarin (IMO 8904379, ru flag, General Cargo) at port RUBNK, Proxima (IMO 9329655, bb flag, Chemical/Oil Tanker) at port RUKOR, Nellis (IMO 9322267, lr flag, Chemical/Oil Tanker) at port CNZOS, and HS Everett and JI SHUN 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.
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