Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief: 20 September 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (original analysis of public sanctions list data)
Original publication date: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 19
Original announcement: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief press page

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September 20, 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 recorded changes to vessel flags, names, or operators.

During the last 24 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. The highest concentration of activity was observed at the Suez, with 10 vessels identified, including the NS COLUMBUS (IMO 9312884, Gabon flag), HENG TAI (IMO 9419448, Panama flag), Sensus (IMO 9296585, Liberia flag), Samsun (IMO 9436006, Panama flag), and GEFEST (IMO 9319882, unknown flag). Other vessels at the Suez include the unidentified type GEFEST.

Other notable chokepoint activity included 6 vessels in the Turkish straits, such as SI HE (IMO 9378618, Panama flag), Hai II (IMO 9259599, Liberia flag), HS Everett (IMO 9410870, Liberia flag), KRISHNA 1 (IMO 9271585, Panama flag), and Onyx (IMO 9236640, Gabon flag). The English Channel recorded 2 vessels, including Sable (IMO 9524451, Panama flag) and WU TONG (IMO 9306627, unknown flag). Additional sanctioned vessels were tracked at the Strait of Hormuz (ABBA, IMO 9051624, Iran flag), Danish Straits (Nordstraum, IMO 9036284, unknown flag), Korea Strait (Pioneer, IMO 9256602, Palau flag), Gibraltar (Fjord Seal, IMO 9513139, Panama flag; Mikhail Lomonosov, IMO 9216482, Russia flag), Approach North Sea South (WU TONG, IMO 9306627, unknown flag), and Malacca (VICTORY ARI, IMO 9290919, Antigua and Barbuda 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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