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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, an...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced a significant restructuring of its enforcement and penalty documentation. The agency is consolidating variou...
Read moreThis site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the...
Read moreSeptember 23, 2026 There are currently 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in total. In the last 24 hours, 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints. There were no new designa...
Read moreThis site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the...
Read moreSeptember 22, 2026, maritime sanctions briefing: A total of 2,952 vessels are currently active on global sanctions lists. In the last 24 hours, there were zero new designations, zero delistings, and z...
Read moreSeptember 21, 2026 A total of 25 sanctioned vessels were identified at various maritime chokepoints over the last 24 hours. The running total of active sanctioned vessels currently stands at 2,952. T...
Read moreTomás Niembro Concha, the former CEO of the Puerto Rican institution Nodus International Bank, has been sentenced to 112 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The Spanish and Venezue...
Read moreSeptember 20, 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, an...
Read moreSeptember 19, 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, a...
Read moreAs of September 18, 2026, the running total of active sanctioned vessels stands at 2,952. There were no new vessel designations, delistings, or changes to vessel flags, names, or operators recorded in...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced the expiration of the national emergency regarding the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ethiopia, ori...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new additions to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, targeting individuals and organizations link...
Read more**Maritime Sanctions Update: September 17, 2026** During the period of September 10 to September 17, 2026, there were 110 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based on AIS broadcasts and...
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 A total of 2,592 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 vess...
Read moreThe crude oil tanker Hornet was recently observed transiting the Malacca Strait on September 15, 2026, at 14:41 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of SZ with IMO number 9197844, is current...
Read moreThis site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the...
Read moreThis site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued an order renewing the temporary denial of export privileges for the Russian airline PJSC Aeroflot. Based in Moscow, t...
Read more**Daily Update: Dark Fleet Maritime Activity (September 09 – September 16, 2026)** During the reporting period of September 09 to September 16, 2026, there were 111 sanctioned vessel transits recorde...
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All summaries are generated by AI from public-domain government sources: U.S. Treasury OFAC press releases (public domain) and UK OFSI publications (Open Government Licence v3.0). Each article links back to the official source.
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Vessels: typically aging tankers, that operate outside mainstream regulation to transport sanctioned cargoes (Iranian, Russian, Venezuelan crude). Common practices: disabling AIS, flags of convenience, undisclosed ship-to-ship transfers. Full explainer →
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