Strait Up Maritime Vessel Watch · Monday, August 31, 2026
AI-GENERATED ANALYSIS
Sanctions Watch: DELICE (spotted at chokepoint)
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Key facts
Source:Strait Up Maritime Vessel Watch (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
The chemical/products tanker DELICE most recently transited the Strait of Hormuz on August 30, 2026, at 03:05 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of Iran (IMO 9125138), is currently subject to sanctions under the U.S. Treasury OFAC NPWMD program. The vessel was first designated on April 1, 2026.
Recent transit data observed by Strait Up Maritime from open AIS broadcasts and IMO-anchered vessel records shows a pattern of activity between August 24 and August 30, 2026. During this period, the vessel made multiple movements involving the ports of IRBND and IRSRP, including the transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
Compliance signals include several vessel history changes recorded on June 16, 2026. On this date, the vessel's ownership changed from GREAT SPARKLE INVESTMENTS LTD to MOSAKHAR DARYA SHIPPING CO. Additionally, the ship manager changed from MARIAN SHIP MGMT & CONSULTANCY to RAHBARAN OMID DARYA SHIP MGMT, and then back to MARIAN SHIP MGMT & CONSULTANCY. The vessel also underwent multiple flag changes on this date, moving through Panama, Togo, Norway (NIS), and the Netherlands, before ultimately arriving at its current flag of Iran.
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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