Maria

Sanctions listings

From official lists as of 7 Oct 2026: US (OFAC SDN List); UK Sanctions List; EU (Annex XLII, Reg. 833/2014). The US list does not give listing dates. A listing records a government's decision; it is not a finding by us.

Recorded flags

The flag each government's list has recorded for this ship since January 2022, newest first. US dates are when the US list added or amended the entry; the first UK date is when the UK entry was last updated before we began tracking it. A recorded flag is not a live registry check. See Flags & fleet for how this is compiled.

Our reporting

• 24 May 2024South Korea sanctions two Russian ships and seven North Koreans over arms and fuel tradeas Maria
• 16 Oct 2023Satellite images show Russian ships shuttling North Korean cargo to Far East port, RUSI saysas Maria

How this ship is identified

• Ukraine's Defence Intelligence identifies the Russian cargo ship Maria, IMO 8517839, as carrying North Korean military cargo to Russia; the other sanctioned ship named Maria (9198783) was listed only in 2025.
• Identified through the War & Sanctions ship database of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (GUR), a government source and a party to the war.

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