Strait Up Maritime Vessel Watch · Tuesday, June 30, 2026
AI-GENERATED ANALYSIS
Sanctions Watch: ABBA (spotted at chokepoint)
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Key facts
Source:Strait Up Maritime Vessel Watch (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
The general cargo vessel ABBA was recently observed transiting the Strait of Hormuz on June 30, 2026, at 03:33 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of Iran (ir) and carries IMO number 9051624, is currently subject to sanctions.
The ABBA is listed under the U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN: IRAN sanctions program, having been first designated on April 1, 2026.
According to observations by Strait Up Maritime from open AIS broadcasts and IMO-anchered vessel records, the vessel has completed several recent transits. In addition to the Hormuz transit, the vessel recorded multiple transits through NW Europe between June 16 and June 24, 2026. Other recent recorded movements include a transit through port_USBOS on June 17, 2026, and a transit through port_p025_30_p055_30 on June 30, 2026.
Compliance signals include a recent change in ISM manager. On June 18, 2026, the manager was updated from IRAN SHIPPING LINES to RAHBARAN OMID DARYA SHIP MGMT.
Source: vessel record from public sanctions lists published by the issuing government authorities cited above; transit and change observations by Strait Up Maritime from open AIS broadcasts. Verify the 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 this vessel's live sanctions record · Report a correction
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