Sanctions enforcement in the maritime domain is no longer confined to rogue vessels and bad-faith operators. It now reaches into the supply chain itself, where spare parts, ship components, and fuel contracts are increasingly treated as evidence. For maritime equipment manufacturers and service providers, the assumption of being one step removed from regulatory exposure is...

On Monday, June 21st, the UK added another 135 tankers to its Russia sanctions list, bringing the total number of banned ships over the past 13 months to approximately 424. Of the newly sanctioned vessels: Russian exposure is no longer easily identifiable, as sanctions increasingly target entities beyond the vessels themselves. The UK has now...