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July 5, 2026 A total of 2,952 vessels are currently active on global sanctions lists. In the last 24 hours, there were zero new designations and zero delistings. There were no recorded changes to ves...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced the removal of several entities and individuals from its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. These de...
Read moreThe container ship DHANU most recently transited the Strait of Hormuz on July 1, 2026, at 16:11 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of North Korea (kn) and carries IMO number 9122473, is su...
Read more**Dark Fleet Daily Update: July 04, 2026** During the reporting period of June 27 to July 04, 2026, there were 117 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based on AIS broadcasts and Strait...
Read moreJuly 4, 2026 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, and no changes to vessel flags, names...
Read moreThe LPG tanker GAS MARYAM was most recently observed transiting the Hormuz chokepoint on 2026-07-03 at 10:26 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of Palau (Republic of) and carries IMO numbe...
Read more**Dark Fleet Daily Update: July 03, 2026** During the period of June 26 to July 03, 2026, there were 109 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based on AIS broadcasts and Strait Up Mariti...
Read moreJuly 3, 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. There w...
Read moreThe LPG tanker SONA was recently observed transiting the Malacca chokepoint on July 1, 2026, at 22:20 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of gm and carries the IMO number 9005053, has been ...
Read more**Dark Fleet Daily Update: July 2, 2026** During the period of June 25 to July 02, 2026, there were 111 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based on AIS broadcasts and Strait Up Maritim...
Read moreAs of July 2, 2026, the running total of active sanctioned vessels stands at 2,952. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, o...
Read moreThe LPG tanker Global Vivian was recently observed transiting the Strait of Hormuz on June 30, 2026, at 13:19 UTC. The vessel, identified by IMO 9002908, currently operates under the flag of Panama. ...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced several new additions to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. The updates involve sanctions target...
Read more**Dark Fleet Daily Update: June 24 – July 01, 2026** During the period of June 24 to July 01, 2026, there were 107 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based on AIS broadcasts and Strait...
Read moreAs of July 1, 2026, there are 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in total. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators....
Read moreThe LPG tanker CAPE GAS recently completed a transit through the Strait of Hormuz on June 30, 2026, at 19:47 UTC. The vessel, identified by IMO 9002491, is currently flying the flag of Comoros. The ...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced several updates to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. The recent designations prim...
Read more**Dark Fleet Daily Update: June 30, 2026** During the period of June 23 to June 30, 2026, there were 112 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based on AIS broadcasts and Strait Up Mariti...
Read moreJune 30, 2026 A total of 2,952 vessels are currently active on global sanctions lists. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations and no delistings. There were also no recorded chang...
Read moreThe 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 905162...
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