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**Daily Update: Maritime Sanctions Monitoring (August 24 – August 31, 2026)** During the period of August 24 to August 31, 2026, there were 138 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based...
Read moreAs of August 31, 2026, there are 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in total. In the last 24 hours, there were no new designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators. Du...
Read moreThe 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...
Read more**Dark Fleet Daily Update: August 30, 2026** During the period of August 23 to August 30, 2026, there were 134 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based on AIS broadcasts and Strait Up ...
Read moreAs of August 30, 2026, there are 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in total. In the last 24 hours, there were no new designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators. Du...
Read moreThe IRAN HORMOZ 14 was recently observed transiting the Strait of Hormuz on August 30, 2026, at 03:06 UTC. The vessel, identified by IMO 9020778, is a Roll-on Roll-off ship currently flying the flag ...
Read more**Daily Update: Dark Fleet Maritime Activity (August 22 – August 29, 2026)** During the period of August 22 to August 29, 2026, there were 143 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based ...
Read more**Daily Maritime Sanctions Briefing: August 29, 2026** There are currently 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in global tracking. In the last 24 hours, there were no new vessel designations, no delistin...
Read moreThe bulk carrier ARVIN most recently transited the Strait of Hormuz on August 28, 2026, at 14:07 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of Iran (IMO 9193202), is currently subject to sanctions...
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. The updates involve sanctions targeting acti...
Read more**Daily Update: Dark Fleet Maritime Activity (August 21 – August 28, 2026)** During the period of August 21 to August 28, 2026, there were 137 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based ...
Read moreAs of August 28, 2026, there are 2,952 active sanctioned vessels in total. In the last 24 hours, there were no new designations, no delistings, and no changes to vessel flags, names, or operators. Du...
Read moreThe LPG tanker Kaisa I was most recently observed transiting the Strait of Hormuz on August 27, 2026, at 20:43 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of Panama and carries the IMO number 90387...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new sanctions targeting a network used to transport large sums of cash to Hizballah. The Treasury identified...
Read moreTwo Mexican nationals, Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez and Gustavo Castro-Medina, have pleaded guilty to several federal charges, including alien smuggling and providing material support to a design...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced several updates to its sanctions framework regarding Venezuela. The agency issued a series of amended genera...
Read more**Daily Update: Dark Fleet Maritime Activity (August 20 – August 27, 2026)** During the period of August 20 to August 27, 2026, there were 123 sanctioned vessel transits recorded. This data is based ...
Read moreAs of August 27, 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 th...
Read moreThe chemical/products tanker DEVREZ was recently observed transiting the Strait of Hormuz on August 25, 2026, at 05:12 UTC. The vessel, which operates under the flag of Iran (IMO 9120994), is currentl...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has updated its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, adding several individuals and organizations to t...
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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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