What sanctions lists does Sanctioned Shipping screen against?

Sanctioned Shipping screens vessels and counterparties against OFAC SDN, EU Consolidated, UN Security Council, UKOFSI and IMO databases with AIS cross-referencing to support institutional compliance requirements.

What is vessel compliance screening and why does it matter?

Vessel compliance screening identifies vessels with irregular AIS transmission patterns or flag-of-convenience registries, helping institutional operators maintain regulatory compliance and reduce counterparty risk exposure.

Maritime Sanctions Exposure and Shipping Intelligence Desk

SanctionedShipping.com is a maritime risk and sanctions intelligence desk providing vessel screening, AIS analysis, freight distortion monitoring, and compliance-sensitive cargo flow intelligence for charterers, commodity traders, shipbrokers, operators, banks, and maritime risk teams.

Vessel Screening and AIS Analysis

We screen vessels against the OFAC SDN list, EU Consolidated Sanctions List, and UN Security Council database, cross-referencing results against AIS transmission history. Our review covers AIS dark periods, transmission gaps, irregular ship-to-ship transfer patterns, flag state anomalies, and known dark fleet or shadow fleet associations. If you have received a vessel nomination and need a compliance check before fixing, send us the IMO number and trade route.

KYC, KYB and Counterparty Due Diligence

We review shipowners, operators, managers, and cargo interests for beneficial ownership structure and exposure to sanctioned entities or individuals. Documented counterparty due diligence is available for charterers, commodity traders, banks, and P&I insurers who require formal compliance records before committing to a fixture or a trade.

Dry Bulk Fixing and Freight Coordination

We fix dry bulk cargoes across Handysize, Supramax, Ultramax, and Panamax vessel sizes. Commodities include grains, coal, fertilizers, minerals, and project cargo. We handle port rotation, laycan coordination, and freight positioning for cargo owners and charterers who need compliant tonnage moving on time through high-friction trade lanes.

High-Risk Trade Corridor Coverage

We maintain operational coverage across maritime corridors that require elevated screening and freight intelligence. Our corridor coverage includes the Black Sea for grain and steel cargo with war-risk and port access constraints, the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb for war-risk insurance and convoy scheduling, the Persian Gulf for STS transfer monitoring and sanctions exposure screening, Libya for terminal access and cargo origin verification, and Venezuela for GL46A/GL47 compliance and STS diluent cargo tracking.

Dark Fleet and Shadow Fleet Monitoring

The dark fleet and shadow fleet represent a structurally distinct segment of global tanker capacity operating outside standard insurance, registry, and ownership transparency norms. We monitor vessel age profiles, flag-state transitions, AIS irregularities, ownership opacity, and known association patterns to assess dark fleet exposure risk in vessel nominations and cargo counterparty reviews.

Sanctions-Sensitive Freight Distortion

Sanctions regimes create measurable distortions in freight markets — including freight premium divergence between compliant and non-compliant tonnage pools, routing deviations that affect voyage economics, and cargo origin sensitivities that complicate dry bulk nominations. We provide freight intelligence and market context for charterers and traders operating in corridors affected by these distortions.

Who Uses This Desk

This desk serves B2B maritime counterparties including charterers and cargo owners who need compliant tonnage fixed in difficult markets, commodity traders who need vessel vetting before accepting a nomination, shipbrokers and operators in high-risk corridors who need compliance documentation for counterparty or bank requirements, and banks and P&I clubs who need documented AIS and ownership checks on vessels in active transactions.

Advisory Scope and Limitations

Screening outputs provided by this desk are advisory in nature. We do not provide legal counsel, official sanctions clearance, or regulatory compliance certification. Our analysis is intended as a risk awareness and market intelligence layer for maritime industry professionals conducting their own due diligence and compliance review processes. B2B maritime counterparties only.

RapidaTrade Network

SanctionedShipping.com operates within the RapidaTrade network, a commodity and shipping-oriented B2B trade intelligence ecosystem focused on freight-aware industrial trade, dry bulk commodities, maritime logistics, tanker corridors, and cargo movement intelligence.