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Iran's shadow fleet and sanctioned oil trade
All 106 Shadow Fleet Monitor summaries tagged Iranian trade, newest first. Each links to the original reporting.
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October 2026
- Iran's floating oil stocks near exhaustion as US blockade holds, Kpler estimates
Iranian crude held in floating storage, mostly off Malaysia, is close to running out, The Maritime Executive reports. Kpler estimates that about 15 million barrels remained afloat at the start…
- Bessent says Iran loaded no crude onto tankers in September
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post on X on 1 October that Iran had loaded "ZERO crude oil onto tankers in September", Middle East Eye reports. He presented the figure as a result…
September 2026
- Puntland police free US-sanctioned tanker Sibu 1 from Somali pirates
The Eritrea-flagged tanker Sibu 1 has been freed and its captors detained, a commander of the Puntland Maritime Police Force told Reuters. Six armed men seized the ship on 20 August, according…
- US forces destroy five tankers linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards
US Central Command said it destroyed five crude tankers associated with the IRGC on 8 September, four in the Gulf of Oman and one near Kharg Island, Iran's main export terminal. It described…
- US says it disabled two Iranian tankers and destroyed a third
US Central Command said on 5 September that it had disabled two Iranian crude carriers and destroyed a third in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island, Al Jazeera reported. One of the ships was…
- Iran-linked tankers left idling off Sri Lanka and Malaysia by US blockade
Dozens of tankers linked to Iran's oil trade are waiting at sea off Sri Lanka and Malaysia, unable to return to Iranian ports because of the US naval blockade, The Maritime Executive reported.…
August 2026
- US Treasury launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' and lists five Iran-linked tankers
The US Treasury launched what it calls Operation Economic Outcast on 24 August, with the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioning nearly 60 entities, individuals and vessels it accuses of…
- Sanctioned tanker Sibu 1 hijacked in Gulf of Aden
Six armed people seized the tanker Sibu 1 (IMO 9204776) about 136 nautical miles east of Al Mukalla, Yemen, on 19 August and diverted it towards Somalia, gCaptain reports, citing UKMTO and…
- US sells two seized Russian-flagged tankers for scrap in India
The US government has sold two Russian-flagged tankers it seized in January to Dubai-based ship recycler Global Marketing Systems for demolition in India, MarineLink reports, citing Reuters and…
- Master of tanker Bella 1 jailed for ten months in Washington
A federal court in Washington DC sentenced Avtandil Kalandadze, a 47-year-old Georgian national, to ten months in prison followed by deportation, the US Attorney's Office for the District of…
July 2026
- Iranian oil transfers continue off Malaysia despite US blockade
Iranian oil continues to be moved through Malaysia's Eastern Outer Port Limits anchorage despite the US naval blockade, Al Jazeera reported. The Iranian tanker Humanity switched off its tracking…
- US Treasury targets Iranian 'insurance' scheme for Hormuz transits and more shadow tankers
OFAC sanctioned what it called an illicit maritime insurance scheme tied to the Strait of Hormuz, saying the risks the cover claims to protect against are largely created by Iran itself. It also…
- US Treasury widens sanctions on Shamkhani shipping network
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated more than 50 individuals, entities and vessels linked to the shipping network of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani. Treasury says the…
June 2026
- US jet disables Iran-bound sanctioned tanker Marivex in Gulf of Oman
An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln fired a precision munition into the engine and steering spaces of the Palau-flagged tanker Marivex (IMO 9464156), formerly Arihant, after its crew…
- US sanctions network passing off Iranian LPG as Omani
The US Treasury designated a network of people, companies and vessels it says shipped hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas, disguised as Omani, to buyers in…
May 2026
- US targets more front companies behind Iran's military oil sales
The US Treasury took further action against front companies that sell Iranian crude on behalf of the armed forces, saying the revenue is helping Iran rebuild its military and threaten its…
- US sanctions Iran's 'Persian Gulf Strait Authority' over Hormuz transit demands
The US Treasury sanctioned Iran's so-called Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which it describes as a Revolutionary Guards scheme to extort payments from vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.…
- OFAC licence lets GMS scrap four sanctioned Iran-linked boxships
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control has allowed Dubai-based cash buyer GMS to acquire four sanctioned containerships for demolition, Splash247 reports. The ships, Yogi, Timon, Rantanplan and…
- US sanctions Iranian exchange house, front companies and 19 vessels
The US imposed sanctions on Iran's Amin Exchange, also known as Ebrahimi and Associates Partnership Company, along with eight front companies in China, Hong Kong and the UAE, gCaptain reports.…
- CNN examines Chinese independent refineries' role in Iran's oil trade
A CNN investigation describes how small independent refineries in Shandong province and elsewhere process sanctioned Iranian crude for China's domestic market. According to CNN, Iranian oil made…
- US targets front companies selling Revolutionary Guards oil to China
The US Treasury designated 12 individuals and entities it says help Iran's Revolutionary Guards sell and ship oil to China through front companies in permissive jurisdictions. Treasury argues…
- US forces disable two Iranian tankers trying to breach port blockade
US forces fired on and disabled two Iranian oil tankers on Friday after an overnight exchange of fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz, NPR reports. The US military said the tankers…
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they seized tanker Ocean Koi in Gulf of Oman
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had captured the Barbados-registered oil tanker Ocean Koi in the Gulf of Oman, Al Jazeera reports. An IRGC spokesperson claimed the vessel had…
- China orders firms not to comply with US sanctions on five refineries
China's Ministry of Commerce issued a prohibition order on Saturday stating that US sanctions on five independent refineries should not be recognised, enforced or complied with, Al Jazeera…
- US sanctions Iranian exchange houses handling oil revenue from China
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses, according to Al-Monitor. The outlet reports that the firms handle billions of…
April 2026
- US says blockade has stopped 42 vessels and stranded 69 million barrels of Iranian oil
US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper said US forces had intercepted 42 vessels under the blockade of Iranian ports, leaving 41 tankers carrying about 69 million barrels of oil, worth…
- US Treasury warns banks over Chinese teapot refiners buying Iranian oil
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued an alert to US and foreign financial institutions on the sanctions risks of dealing with independent teapot refineries in China, mainly…
- US Navy intercepts newly sanctioned vessel Sevan in Arabian Sea
US naval forces intercepted the vessel M/V Sevan in the Arabian Sea on Saturday as part of efforts to block Iranian energy exports, Bloomberg reported, citing US Central Command. According to…
- US sanctions Chinese refiner Hengli and 19 Iran-linked tankers
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, which it called one of China's largest independent teapot refiners, accusing it of buying…
- US boards supertanker Majestic X east of Sri Lanka
US forces boarded the very large crude carrier Majestic X, also known as Phonix, in the Indian Ocean east of Sri Lanka, World Oil reported, citing Bloomberg. The Pentagon described the ship as a…
- US forces board sanctioned tanker Tifani in first blockade interdiction
US forces boarded the Botswana-flagged tanker Tifani in the Bay of Bengal, the Pentagon said, describing a right-of-visit maritime interdiction carried out without incident. According to the…
- US widens sanctions on Shamkhani oil shipping network under Economic Fury
The US Treasury sanctioned more than two dozen individuals, companies and vessels in the network of Iranian oil shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, son of the late security official Ali…
- US Central Command announces blockade of Iranian ports
US Central Command said it would enforce a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports in the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman from 10am Eastern time on 13 April. It said the…
March 2026
- Hormuz traffic collapses as Iranian shadow tankers slow and go dark
Only around 44 to 45 transits of the Strait of Hormuz had been recorded since the start of March, roughly a 90% fall in tonnage from normal levels, gCaptain reported, citing data including…
- Iran-linked tanker Skylight hit and set on fire off Oman's Musandam peninsula
The Palau-flagged tanker Skylight, sanctioned by the US Treasury in December 2025 as part of Iran's shadow fleet, was struck about five nautical miles north of Khasab near the Strait of Hormuz…
February 2026
- US Treasury sanctions 12 more tankers in Iran's oil trade
The US Treasury has designated 12 tankers it says belong to Iran's shadow fleet, part of more than 30 new designations of entities, individuals and vessels, gCaptain reports. Named ships include…
- US Navy boards third sanctioned tanker in Indian Ocean
US Navy personnel fast-roped from MH-60S helicopters to board the tanker Bertha in the Indian Ocean on 24 February, USNI News reports, the third such capture after Veronica III and Aquila II.…
- US forces board tanker Veronica III in Indian Ocean after it left Venezuela
US military forces have boarded the tanker Veronica III in the Indian Ocean by helicopter, Al Jazeera reports, after the Pentagon said the vessel had tried to evade President Trump's blockade on…
- US sanctions 14 vessels accused of carrying Iranian oil as talks open in Oman
The United States has imposed sanctions on 14 vessels it accuses of forming part of a shadow fleet transporting Iranian oil, along with 15 entities and two individuals, Al Jazeera reports. The…
January 2026
- US sanctions nine tankers over Iranian oil, citing protest crackdown
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on 23 January designated nine vessels and eight companies it says transport Iranian oil and petroleum products. The ships include Sea Bird,…
- US sanctions 21 Houthi-linked targets moving oil products and weapons
The US Treasury designated 21 individuals and entities and identified one vessel it says transferred oil products, procured weapons and dual-use equipment and provided financial services for…
- UK reportedly identifies legal basis to board unflagged shadow fleet tankers
British ministers believe the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 could allow military force to be used against oil tankers sailing without a valid national flag, the Kyiv Independent…
December 2025
- Crew paints Russian flag on tanker Bella 1 as US Coast Guard pursues it across Atlantic
The crew of the US-sanctioned tanker Bella 1 painted a Russian flag on its hull and claimed the ship was now under Russian authority while being trailed by the US Coast Guard, Euronews reports.…
- US sanctions 29 Iran shadow fleet tankers and an Egyptian businessman
The US Treasury sanctioned 29 vessels it says belong to Iran's shadow fleet, together with their management firms and Egyptian businessman Hatem Elsaid Farid Ibrahim Sakr, whose companies it…
- US seizes sanctioned tanker Skipper off Venezuela
US forces seized the Guyana-flagged tanker Skipper, formerly Adisa, off Venezuela on 10 December under a seizure warrant, USNI News reports. A boarding team from the FBI, Homeland Security…
November 2025
- US targets front companies selling oil for Iran's armed forces after the 12-day war
The US Treasury sanctioned front companies and shipping facilitators it says sell crude oil to fund Iran's armed forces, which it argues have leaned more heavily on oil sales to rebuild after…
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards seize tanker Talara in the Strait of Hormuz
Revolutionary Guards personnel boarded the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Talara by helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz on 14 November and took it into Iranian waters, US Central Command said.…
October 2025
- US sanctions Iranian LPG network, a Chinese terminal and nearly two dozen tankers
The US Treasury sanctioned more than 50 individuals, entities and vessels involved in selling and shipping Iranian oil and liquefied petroleum gas. The action targets a network moving hundreds…
September 2025
- US sanctions 32 Houthi-linked targets and four vessels
The US Treasury designated 32 individuals and entities and identified four vessels in what it called its largest action yet against Yemen's Houthis. The targets in Yemen, China, the UAE and the…
- US targets second network blending Iranian oil and selling it as Iraqi
The US Treasury sanctioned shipping companies and vessels led by Iraqi-Kittitian businessman Waleed al-Samarra'i, saying the network covertly blends Iranian oil with Iraqi oil and markets it as…
August 2025
- US sanctions Greek shipping veteran Antonios Margaritis and Iran shadow tankers
The US Treasury sanctioned Greek national Antonios Margaritis, his companies and nearly a dozen vessels it says belong to Iran's shadow fleet, accusing him of using decades of shipping…
- Panama closes its registry to tankers and bulkers over 15 years old
Panama's ship registry will reject new registrations of oil tankers and bulk carriers older than 15 years, gCaptain reports, citing the Panama Maritime Authority. The authority says the aim is…
July 2025
- US hits Shamkhani shipping empire in its largest Iran action since 2018
The US Treasury designated more than 50 individuals and entities and identified more than 50 vessels belonging to the shipping network of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, son of a senior adviser to…
- US sanctions Yemeni and UAE fuel importers it says fund the Houthis
The US Treasury designated two individuals and five entities in Yemen and the UAE that it describes as among the most significant importers of petroleum products into Houthi-held territory, and…
- US sanctions Iraqi businessman's network for passing off Iranian oil as Iraqi
The US Treasury sanctioned a network of companies run by Iraqi businessman Salim Ahmed Said that it says profited from smuggling Iranian oil disguised as, or blended with, Iraqi oil, with some…
June 2025
- US takes its largest action yet against Houthi oil imports and front companies
The US Treasury sanctioned four individuals, 12 entities and two vessels in what it called its largest action to date against Yemen's Houthis. Treasury says the targets include front companies…
May 2025
- US targets firms selling oil for Iran's armed forces general staff
The US Treasury sanctioned nearly two dozen firms it says are involved in almost every part of Iran's oil trade on behalf of the Armed Forces General Staff and its commercial arm, Sepehr Energy.…
- US sanctions third teapot refinery and, for the first time, Shandong oil terminals
The US Treasury designated Hebei Xinhai Chemical Group, a third Chinese independent refinery, and three port terminal operators in Shandong province that it says bought or handled hundreds of…
April 2025
- US sanctions three ships that delivered fuel to Houthi-held ports after licence expired
The US Treasury sanctioned three vessels and their owners for discharging fuel at the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Ras Isa after a US general licence permitting such deliveries expired on 4…
- US targets Iranian LPG magnate whose tanker tried to load off Houston
The US Treasury sanctioned Iranian businessman Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his network, which it says shipped hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas and…
- US sanctions second Chinese teapot refinery and more Iran shadow fleet tankers
The US Treasury designated Shandong Shengxing Chemical, an independent refinery in China it says bought over a billion dollars' worth of Iranian crude, including from a front company for the…
- US sanctions UAE-based shipowner Jugwinder Singh Brar and his tanker fleet
The US Treasury designated Jugwinder Singh Brar, an Indian national based in the UAE, whose shipping companies own a fleet of nearly 30 vessels that Treasury says largely operate in Iran's…
March 2025
- Panama strikes 107 sanctioned ships from its registry
Panama's ship registry has removed 107 vessels and is de-registering 18 more after finding them on US, EU or UK sanctions lists or raising compliance concerns, Seatrade Maritime News reports.…
- US sanctions first Chinese teapot refinery over Iranian crude
The US Treasury sanctioned Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical, a small independent refinery in China's Shandong province, and its chief executive, saying it bought about half a billion…
- US sanctions Iran's oil minister and shadow fleet ship operators
The US Treasury designated Iran's Minister of Petroleum, Mohsen Paknejad, saying he has allocated billions of dollars of oil to the armed forces, including the Revolutionary Guards. It also…
February 2025
- US sanctions 13 more Iran-linked tankers and firms in four countries
The US sanctioned 13 tankers and 22 companies it links to Iran's oil trade, The Maritime Executive reports. Among the vessels are Amak, Asterix, Casinova, Lydia II, Peterpaul and Yateeka; the…
- US targets network shipping Iranian crude to China for Iran's armed forces
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned an international network it says shipped Iranian crude worth hundreds of millions of dollars to China on behalf of Iran's Armed…
January 2025
- China's Shandong Port Group bars US-sanctioned tankers from its terminals
China's state-owned Shandong Port Group has told traders it will block vessels on the US Treasury's sanctions list from its ports, The Maritime Executive reports, citing a policy notice. The…
December 2024
- First supertanker sent for scrap in two years is an Iran-trade dark ship
The Amor, a 24-year-old Cameroon-flagged supertanker, has become the first VLCC registered for demolition since late 2022 and is to be scrapped at Alang in India, Bloomberg reports. The ship…
- US targets eight firms and nine tankers moving Iranian oil
The US Treasury and State Department targeted eight entities and nine vessels on 19 December over what Treasury describes as a network moving Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals. Treasury…
- Reuters: Revolutionary Guards control up to half of Iran's oil exports
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps now controls up to 50% of the country's oil exports, up from about 20% three years ago, according to six Western officials, security experts and Iranian…
- Iranian crude shipments to Syria halt after Assad's fall, tanker Lotus turns back
Iran's crude exports to Syria have stopped after rebels took power in Damascus, S&P Global Commodity Insights reports. The laden tanker Lotus turned back in the Gulf of Suez on 7 December as…
- US Treasury targets 35 entities and vessels in Iran's shadow fleet
The US Treasury designated 35 entities and vessels it says form part of the network moving Iran's petroleum, describing the action as a response to Iran's 1 October attack on Israel and its…
- US tanker sanctions disrupt Iran's oil route to China
US sanctions on tankers carrying Iranian crude are disrupting the trade's transfer leg off Malaysia, where cargoes are usually moved to other ships before going to China, Bloomberg reports.…
November 2024
- UK freezes assets of Iran's state shipping line and sanctions Russian cargo ship
The UK has imposed asset freezes on Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and Iran Air, and placed shipping sanctions on the Russian cargo ship Port Olya-3, gCaptain reports. The…
- EU sanctions Iran's state shipping line over missile and drone transfers to Russia
The EU has sanctioned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and its director Mohammad Reza Khiabani, along with Russian shipping firms MG Flot, VTS Broker and Arapax, over Iran's…
- US sanctions Syrian conglomerate's network and tankers over Iranian oil sales
The US Treasury sanctioned 26 companies, individuals and vessels linked to the Al-Qatirji Company, a Syrian conglomerate it says earns hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran's IRGC-Qods Force…
October 2024
- Tanker Ceres I heads for China months after collision off Singapore
The VLCC Ceres I, which collided with the products tanker Hafnia Nile near Malaysia and Singapore in July, is heading to Zhoushan in eastern China, Bloomberg reports, citing ship-tracking data.…
- US targets tankers carrying Iranian oil for Houthi financier Sa'id al-Jamal
The US Treasury designated 18 companies, individuals and vessels on 17 October for shipping Iranian oil on behalf of Sa'id al-Jamal, a Houthi financial official. Treasury alleges that in…
- US blocks 23 tankers after Iran's missile attack on Israel
The US Treasury expanded sanctions on Iran's petroleum and petrochemical sectors on 11 October, designating ten entities and 17 vessels, while the State Department designated six entities and…
- Empty Iranian tankers move away from Kharg Island as Israel weighs response
Several large tankers have left the waters around Kharg Island, Iran's main crude export terminal, according to TankerTrackers.com data and satellite images cited by Offshore Technology. Images…
- US sanctions two tankers in Houthi procurement action
The US Treasury sanctioned Houthi weapons procurement networks on 2 October, including Marshall Islands-registered Gemini Marine Limited and two crude tankers it owns and operates. Treasury says…
September 2024
- US sanctions tankers moving Iranian oil and gas to Syria and East Asia
The US Treasury designated more than a dozen entities and vessels on 25 September over shipments of Iranian crude and liquefied petroleum gas to Syria and East Asia that it says benefit the…
- US blocks four Russian Caspian ships over Iranian missile deliveries
The US Treasury sanctioned Iran Air, Iranian logistics firms and ten individuals on 10 September in response to Iran's delivery of close-range ballistic missiles to Russia, and identified four…
August 2024
- US sanctions seven vessels moving Iranian oil and LPG for Houthis and Hizballah
The US Treasury sanctioned vessels, shipping companies and individuals on 15 August that it says moved Iranian oil and liquefied petroleum gas to Yemen and the United Arab Emirates for the…
July 2024
- Dark fleet tankers push Cook Islands into world's top 30 flags
The Cook Islands has entered the top 30 ship registries, overtaking Gabon, on Clarksons Research data, Splash247 reports. The registry now holds 259 ships of 6.9 million gross tons, an expansion…
- Malaysia intercepts Ceres I under tow after collision off Singapore
Malaysian authorities intercepted the VLCC Ceres I at 01:20 local time on 21 July, 28 nautical miles north-east of Tioman Island, while it was being towed by two tugboats, Seatrade Maritime News…
- Tankers Hafnia Nile and Ceres I catch fire after collision off Singapore Strait
The Singapore-flagged product tanker Hafnia Nile and the VLCC Ceres I collided at about 06:00 local time on 19 July, some 30 nautical miles north-east of Pedra Branca at the entrance to the…
- US sanctions five vessels and insurer in Houthi financier's Iranian oil network
The United States imposed sanctions on 18 July on companies, individuals and five vessels linked to the network of Houthi financier Sa'id al-Jamal, S&P Global reports. The ships are Wanji,…
June 2024
- US sanctions three UAE ship managers and 11 vessels in Iranian oil trade
The US State Department has sanctioned three UAE-based ship managers and 11 vessels over Iran's petroleum and petrochemical trade, citing Iran's expansion of uranium enrichment, gCaptain…
- US sanctions Iranian shadow banking network handling oil revenues
The United States has sanctioned nearly 50 entities and individuals in a shadow banking network that it says has processed billions of dollars in transactions since 2020 for Iran's defence…
- US sanctions ship firms and tankers in Houthi financier Sa'id al-Jamal's network
The US Treasury has sanctioned shipping companies, ship masters and vessels it says serve the network of Houthi financier Sa'id al-Jamal, designated for supporting Iran's IRGC-Qods Force.…
- Ship manager V.Group says it lost 30 vessels to the dark fleet
V.Group, one of the largest ship managers, says it stopped managing about 30 tankers in the past year after they were sold to owners who failed its compliance checks, Reuters reports. Chief…
May 2024
- US Treasury official raises Iranian oil transfers off Malaysia on Kuala Lumpur visit
A senior US Treasury official has warned of environmental and safety risks from transfers of Iranian oil in waters off Malaysia, Reuters reports. Brian Nelson, Under Secretary for Terrorism and…
April 2024
- Biden signs aid package extending sanctions to ports and ships handling Iranian oil
President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid package on 24 April that widens US sanctions on Iran's oil trade, Bloomberg reports. The Senate passed it by 79 votes to 18. The law extends…
- US sanctions Dubai's Oceanlink Maritime and 13 tankers over Iranian military shipments
The US Treasury on 4 April designated UAE-based Oceanlink Maritime DMCC and identified 13 of its vessels as blocked property, accusing it of helping Sepehr Energy ship Iranian commodities for…
March 2024
- US sanctions tankers Dawn II and Abyss in sixth round against Houthi financier's network
The US Treasury on 26 March sanctioned the tankers Dawn II and Abyss and several companies in what it called the sixth round of action since December 2023 against the network of Sa'id al-Jamal,…
- US sanctions tanker Lady Sofia over spoofed transfer near Singapore
The US Treasury on 15 March designated the Marshall Islands-registered Vishnu Inc. and its vessel Lady Sofia for assisting the network of Sa'id al-Jamal, which it links to Iran's Revolutionary…
- US sanctions two ship owners and vessels over Iranian cargoes for Houthi financier
The US Treasury on 6 March designated Marshall Islands-based Reneez Shipping Limited and Hong Kong-based Hongkong Unitop Group Ltd, and identified the Palau-flagged Reneez and Panama-flagged…
February 2024
- US and UK target Qods Force deputy and vessel Artura over Houthi funding
The US Treasury, acting in coordination with the UK, on 27 February designated Mohammad Reza Falahzadeh, deputy commander of Iran's IRGC-Qods Force, as well as Houthi member Ibrahim al-Nashiri…
- US blocks vessel Kohana over Iranian cargo worth more than $100m
The US Treasury on 27 February sanctioned the Panama-flagged vessel Kohana, its Hong Kong-registered owner Kohana Company Limited and its Marshall Islands-registered operator Iridescent Co Ltd.…
January 2024
- US Coast Guard cutter intercepts Iranian weapons shipment for Houthis
The US Coast Guard cutter Clarence Sutphin Jr. boarded a vessel in the Arabian Sea on 28 January and seized more than 200 packages of weapons that originated in Iran and were bound for…
- Sovcomflot moves dozens of tankers to Gabon flag, Splash247 reports
Russian state shipping company Sovcomflot is moving about 50 tankers from the Liberian register to Gabon's, Splash247 reports, with some 46 having completed the switch by 11 January. Gabon's…
- US sanctions shipping firms and four vessels over Iranian commodity trade funding Houthis
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on 12 January sanctioned two companies and identified four vessels that it says shipped Iranian commodities generating revenue for the Houthis…
- Iran seizes tanker St Nikolas, formerly the Suez Rajan, in Gulf of Oman
Iranian forces seized the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker St Nikolas in the Gulf of Oman on 11 January, according to Al-Monitor and US Naval Forces Central Command. The Greek-owned ship, managed…
- US Navy SEALs seize Iranian missile parts bound for Houthis from dhow
US Navy SEALs operating from the USS Lewis B. Puller boarded a dhow in international waters of the Arabian Sea off Somalia on 11 January and seized Iranian-made ballistic and cruise missile…