Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief: 24 September 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (original analysis of public sanctions list data)
Original publication date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 23
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September 24, 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 Malacca Strait saw the highest concentration with 6 vessels, including the SCF Primorye (IMO 9421960, lr flag), NS Century (IMO 9306782, lr flag), VICTORY ARI (IMO 9290919, ag flag), LPG OM (IMO 9160475, pw flag), and ETERNAL SUCCESS (IMO 9307633, pa flag). The Turkish straits also recorded 6 vessels, including SI HE (IMO 9378618, pa flag), Hai II (IMO 9259599, lr flag), HS Everett (IMO 9410870, lr flag), KRISHNA 1 (IMO 9271585, pa flag), and Onyx (IMO 9236640, ga flag).

Other monitored areas included the Hormuz Strait with 5 vessels, including ABBA (IMO 9051624, ir flag), SOMERSET (IMO 9235737, ck flag), TRIMA (IMO 9252072, ck flag), TETHIS 7 (IMO 9251896, pw flag), and CASINOVA (IMO 9280366, bb flag). The Suez Canal recorded 4 vessels: HENG TAI (IMO 9419448, pa flag), Mona (IMO 9314818, lr flag), Topaz (IMO 9292034, bb flag), and Lady Mariia (IMO 9220641, ru flag). Additionally, 2 vessels were noted at Gibraltar, including Sable (IMO 9524451, pa flag) and Baltic Leader (IMO 9220639, ru flag). One vessel, NANDA DEVI (IMO 9274434, ga flag), was identified in the Danish Straits, and one vessel, Mikhail Lomonosov (IMO 9216482, ru flag), was noted near the approach to Biscay North.

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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