Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief — 5 September 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Saturday, September 5, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 25
Original announcement: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief press page

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September 5, 2026, maritime sanctions briefing: A total of 2,952 vessels are currently active on sanctions lists. In the last 24 hours, there were zero new designations, zero delistings, and zero recorded changes to vessel flags, names, or operators.

During the last 24 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. In the Mediterranean West, three vessels were noted: the Marie De Lourdes I (IMO 8688183, mt flag), the NS Creation (IMO 9312896, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker), and the NS Bravo (IMO 9412359, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker). Northwest Europe also saw three vessels: the Nordstraum (IMO 9036284, unknown flag), the Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, ru flag, General Cargo), and the GEORGY MASLOV (IMO 9610793, ga flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

Other chokepoint activity included the NASHA (IMO 9079107, ir flag, Crude Oil Tanker) in Brazil, the SCF Primorye (IMO 9421960, lr flag, Crude Oil Tanker) at both the Malacca chokepoint and port IDBUW, and the Sable (IMO 9524451, pa flag, Crude Oil Tanker) at port RUULU. The SI HE (IMO 9378618, pa flag, Products Tanker) was recorded at both port TRTEK and the Turkish chokepoint.

Additional sightings included the UDAYA (IMO 9288746, unknown flag) at ports RUPRI and RUVYS, and a group of three vessels—the HS Everett (IMO 9410870, lr flag, Crude Oil Tanker), the Orient Harmony (IMO 9620633, pa flag, Bulk Carrier), and the KRISHNA 1 (IMO 9271585, pa flag, Crude Oil Tanker)—at the Suez chokepoint and ports EGPSD and EGSUZ. Finally, the Mona (IMO 9314818, lr flag, Chemical/Oil Tanker) was noted at port EGADA, and the POLA AGATA (IMO 9903841, unknown flag, General Cargo) was seen at port NOSAU.

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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