Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief · Wednesday, September 16, 2026
AI-GENERATED ANALYSIS
Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief: 16 September 2026
Important: This analysis was automatically generated by AI from public sanctions list data. It is provided for general information only. It is not legal, compliance, or professional advice and may contain errors, omissions, or out-of-date information. Where IMO numbers appear in the summary, they may be hyperlinked to the corresponding entry in our sanctioned-vessels database for convenience, these links are direct citations, not editorial assertions. Always verify against the official source before making any compliance, commercial, or legal decision. Read our news policy.
Key facts
Source:Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (original analysis of public sanctions list data)
There are currently 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in total. In the last 24 hours, there were zero new designations and zero delistings. No changes to vessel flags, names, or operators were recorded during this period.
A total of 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various chokepoints in the last 24 hours. In the Mediterranean West, the Marie De Lourdes I (IMO 8688183, mt flag) and the GEFEST (IMO 9319882, unknown flag) were observed. The Red Sea saw three vessels: the NS COLUMBUS (IMO 9312884, ga flag), the Trust (IMO 9382798, bb flag), and the Samsun (IMO 9436006, pa flag). One vessel, the GEORGY MASLOV (IMO 9610793, ga flag), was noted at the Suez chokepoint. Northwest Europe recorded two vessels: the Vladimir Latyshev (IMO 9921996, ru flag) and the NS Creation (IMO 9312896, ga flag).
Additional sanctioned vessels were tracked at various ports. The port of TRISK included the ENISEY (IMO 9079169, ru flag), while port RUKOR hosted the Proxima (IMO 9329655, bb flag). At port EGPSD and port EGSUZ, the HENG TAI (IMO 9419448, pa flag), HS Everett (IMO 9410870, lr flag), and Orient Harmony (IMO 9620633, pa flag) were all present. Port RUULU recorded the Valour (IMO 9832559, pa flag) and NANDA DEVI (IMO 9274434, ga flag). Other locations included port TRTEK with the SI HE (IMO 9378618, pa flag), the Turkish region with the Hai II (IMO 9259599, lr flag), port EGADA with the Sensus (IMO 9296585, lr flag) and Mona (IMO 9314818, lr flag), and port RUKDT and RUSTY with the JI LI I (IMO 9384435, unknown 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. View live diff data · Report a correction
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