Every sanctioned vessel. Who listed it, when, why.

One permanent page per hull, keyed by IMO number, aggregating the UN, US, UK, EU, Swiss, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand vessel lists with dated, linked primary sources. Plus plain-English explainers on how the shadow fleet actually works.

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2,128

vessels with a page

1,546

US (OFAC) currently listed

682

UK currently listed

708

EU Annex XLII and XIV

276

listed by all three

1,187

listed by only one authority

Overlaps: US∩UK 301 · US∩EU 299 · UK∩EU 623. Delisted vessels kept: 0. The gap between allies' lists is itself a story — see each authority page.

Latest dated actions

8 October 2026US (OFAC)Delisted
PINOCCHIO (IMO 9400112) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Delisted
HAKUNA MATATA (IMO 9354167) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
EXFLAME (IMO 9294678) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
SHENZHEN (IMO 9276561) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
NOBLE SEA (IMO 9343118) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
AVA 6 (IMO 9226140) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
ZIXUAN (IMO 9317298) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
GAS MARAKUA (IMO 9240421) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
MACKEREL (IMO 9234628) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
SOGL (IMO 9208227) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
TINA 5 (IMO 9237761) · Treasury press release
8 October 2026US (OFAC)Listed
ATHE NOVA (IMO 9188116) · Treasury press release

The most recent dated action any list has published for a vessel is 8 Oct 2026. Every list is checked each night; the last check was 21 Oct 2026. A quiet stretch means the lists published nothing new, not that we stopped looking.

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How the fleet grew, 2019 to today
Listings per quarter, when each authority started, and the packages that produced most of the fleet.
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Sources in this build

Australian DFAT Consolidated List: 359 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
Canadian autonomous sanctions list (SEMA): 736 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
Swiss SECO sanctions list: 691 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
EU Reg. 2017/1509 Annex XIV (DPRK): 51 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
EU Reg. 833/2014 Annex XLII: 674 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
NZ Russia Sanctions Register: 210 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
OFAC Recent Actions: 49 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
OFAC SDN List: 1,559 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
Ukraine War & Sanctions catalogue: 896 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
UK Sanctions List (FCDO): 683 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026
UN 1718 Committee — Designated Vessels List: 84 records, fetched 21 Oct 2026