Daily Maritime Sanctions Brief: 10 October 2026

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief (original analysis of public sanctions list data)
Original publication date: Saturday, October 10, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 23
Original announcement: Strait Up Maritime Daily Brief press page

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As of October 10, 2026, there are 2,952 active sanctioned vessels globally. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators recorded.

A total of 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints over the last 24 hours. The highest concentrations were found in the Turkish straits and the Malacca Strait, each with six vessels. Notable vessels in the Malacca Strait included the ANATOLY KOLODKIN (IMO 9610808, Panama flag), Elegance (IMO 9383950, Panama flag), Li Bai (IMO 9589750, Panama flag), and VICTORY ARI (IMO 9290919, Antigua and Barbuda flag). The Turkish straits included HENG TAI (IMO 9419448, Panama flag), Hai II (IMO 9259599, Liberia flag), HS Everett (IMO 9410870, Liberia flag), Onyx (IMO 9236640, Georgia flag), and CARL (IMO 9288851, Barbados flag).

Other chokepoint activity included five vessels in the Suez, such as the SI HE (IMO 9378618, Panama flag), KRISHNA 1 (IMO 9271585, Panama flag), Topaz (IMO 9292034, Barbados flag), JI SHUN (IMO 9384447, unknown flag), and Lady Mariia (IMO 9220641, Russian flag). Additional vessels were tracked at the Strait of Hormuz (ABBA, IMO 9051624, Iranian flag), Bab el-Mandeb (Sensus, IMO 9296585, Liberia flag), and the Sicily Channel (Orient Harmony, IMO 9620633, Panama flag). Other locations with single vessel sightings included the approach to Biscay North (Nordstraum, IMO 9036284, unknown flag), Gibraltar (DIVA 1, IMO 9297371, unknown flag), the approach to North Sea South (Lady D, IMO 9349289, Russian flag), the English Channel (Lady D, IMO 9349289, Russian flag), and the approach to Skagerrak (Okeansky Prospect, IMO 9866380, Russian 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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