Sanctions Watch: CARUZO (spotted at chokepoint)

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Source: Strait Up Maritime Vessel Watch (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
Original publication date: Friday, August 14, 2026
Vessel IMO numbers cited: 1
Companies / entities cited: 5+
Original announcement: Strait Up Maritime Vessel Watch press page

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The vessel CARUZO was recently observed transiting the Turkish chokepoint on August 13, 2026, at 06:23 UTC.

The CARUZO (IMO 9137648) is a vessel of unknown type and unknown flag. The vessel is subject to sanctions under the Swiss SECO Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (RS 946.231.176.72), specifically annexes 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14a, 15, 15a, 15b, 25, and 33. The vessel was first designated on April 1, 2026.

Recent transit data observed by Strait Up Maritime from open AIS broadcasts shows a pattern of activity in Turkish waters and ports. In addition to the August 13 transit, the vessel was recorded at port TRTGT on August 11, 2026, at 17:13 UTC, at port TRTEK on August 12, 2026, at 18:32 UTC, and through the Turkish chokepoint on August 12, 2026, at 00:06 UTC.

The vessel has undergone several recent changes in its history. On June 16, 2026, the vessel underwent multiple changes, including a flag change from Palau (Republic of) to Cook Islands, a ship manager change from SEVEN ISLANDS SHIPPING LTD to FIRST LIGHT MARINE CORP, and several ISM manager changes involving KSN SHIPMANAGEMENT SRL, SEVEN ISLANDS SHIPPING LTD, and ANGLO-EASTERN SHIP MGMT HELLAS. Earlier, on April 22, 2026, the vessel changed its name from Crimson to Rimson, changed its flag from Cook Islands to Sierra Leone, and changed its owner from CMB.TECH NV to SEVEN ISLANDS SHIPPING LTD.

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.
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