Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief: 15 September 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (original analysis of public sanctions list data)
Original publication date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 24
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September 15, 2026

There are currently 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in global records. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistings, and no recorded changes to vessel flags, names, or operators.

During the last 24 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. The Suez region saw the highest concentration with 6 vessels, including the HENG TAI (IMO 9419448, Panama flag), Sensus (IMO 9296585, Liberia flag), Elegance (IMO 9383950, Panama flag), HS Everett (IMO 9410870, Liberia flag), and Mona (IMO 9314818, Liberia flag). The Red Sea recorded 2 vessels, specifically the Trust (IMO 9382798, Barbados flag) and Samsun (IMO 9436006, Panama flag).

Other monitored locations included Northwest Europe with 3 vessels, including the Nordstraum (IMO 9036284, unknown flag), Lady R (IMO 9161003, Russian flag), and Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, Russian flag). The Turkish region recorded 2 vessels, the SI HE (IMO 9378618, Panama flag) and Hai II (IMO 9259959, Liberia flag). Additional sanctioned vessels were spotted at the Mediterranean West (Marie De Lourdes I, IMO 8688183, Malta flag), Port Russia Baltica (Mekhanik Makarin, IMO 8904379, Russian flag), Port Russia KOR (Proxima, IMO 9329655, Barbados flag), Port Russia Ula (Valour, IMO 9832559, Panama flag), Port Turkey Tekirdağ (SI HE, IMO 9378618, Panama flag), Port Egypt Suez (HS Everett, IMO 9410870, Liberia flag; Orient Harmony, IMO 9620633, Panama flag), Port Egypt Adabi (Sensus, IMO 9296585, Liberia flag; Mona, IMO 9314818, Liberia flag), Port Russia Turkey (SI HE, IMO 9378618, Panama flag; Hai II, IMO 9259959, Liberia flag), Port Russia Turkey (ENISEY, IMO 9079169, Russian flag), Port Russia France (Vladimir Latyshev, IMO 9921996, Russian flag), and Port Saudi Arabia Jeddah (Samsun, IMO 9436006, Panama 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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