Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief: 19 September 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (original analysis of public sanctions list data)
Original publication date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 21
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September 19, 2026, maritime sanctions briefing:

A total of 2,952 vessels are currently active on global sanctions lists. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators.

During the last 24 hours, 21 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. The distribution of these vessels includes:

* **Turkish Straits:** 4 vessels, including the Hai II (IMO 9259599, Liberia flag, Crude Oil Tanker), BLUE (IMO 9236353, unknown flag), RAGNAR (IMO 9384095, unknown flag), and Gemgaz (IMO 9005493, Tanzania flag).

* **Suez:** 4 vessels, including the ANHONA (IMO 9354521, Belize flag, Oil Products Tanker), INA (IMO 9308443, unknown flag), DELIVER (IMO 9194983, unknown flag), and Albarraq Z (IMO 9252943, unknown flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

* **Hormuz:** 4 vessels, including the BEHNAVAZ (IMO 9346548, Iran flag, Container Ship), Bellagio (IMO 9299446, Liberia flag, Chemical/Products Tanker), Adena (IMO 9254862, Liberia flag, Crude Oil Tanker), and BATELEUR (IMO 9045807, Panama flag, LPG Tanker).

* **Malacca:** 3 vessels, including the BICENTENARIO VII (IMO 9588990, Venezuela flag, Tug), ANTHEA (IMO 9281683, Comoros flag, Crude Oil Tanker), and GOODWIN (IMO 9379703, Cook Islands flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

* **Sicily Channel:** 2 vessels, including DUSK (IMO 9283289, unknown flag) and CARCHARODON (IMO 9258882, unknown flag).

* **Other locations:** One vessel each was noted at Gibraltar (UDAYA, IMO 9288746), the English Channel (TEX, IMO 9246322, Liberia flag, Container Ship), Bab el-Mandeb (Luma, IMO 9034690, Vanuatu flag, LPG Tanker), and the Taiwan Strait (BLUE GULF, IMO 9328716, Palau flag, Crude Oil Tanker).

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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