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Source:Strait Up Maritime Analysis (UK HM Treasury, Open Government Licence v3.0)
The number of active sanctioned vessels increased by 32 over the last seven days. This brings the total number of active sanctioned vessels to 2,893. During this period, five vessels or entities were removed from sanctions lists.
The dominant pattern this week was a high concentration of new designations under the Panama (pa) flag, which accounted for 10 new additions. Other significant flag increases included AE (8), Hong Kong (hk) (7), and Marshall Islands (mh) (6). In terms of vessel types, crude oil tankers saw the highest number of new designations with nine additions, followed by five LPG tankers.
New designations included several specific vessels and entities. Notable additions include the LPG tankers Global Vivian (IMO 9002908), Galvin (IMO 9387762), and HH Glory (IMO 9534614), all flying the Panama flag. Other new entries include the crude oil tanker Zhen Zhu (IMO 9290359) under the Barbados flag and the chemical/oil tanker Bentley (IMO 9220914) under the Cook Islands flag. The entity GAZPROMNEFT MARINE BUNKER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (IMO 5402692) was also newly designated.
Five notable delistings occurred this week. The list of removals includes GAZPROMNEFT MARINE BUNKER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (IMO 5402692), Aura Lines Inc. (IMO 6506631), SHIPZA SHIPPING LIMITED (IMO 6399908), Al Houda Holding Limited (IMO 6421505), and JSC Rosneftflot (IMO 3025603).
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