More ships, vessel operators, and a ship’s captain have been sanctioned in a new round of U.S.Treasury sanctions targeting the Houthis and their Iranian enablers. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury designated the captains of two Houthi-linked tankers, both Indian nationals, in its moves against the Houthis. Now, Vyacheslav Salyga, a 53-year old Ukrainian national, has become
The captains of two Houthi-linked tankers, Vivek Ashok Pandey and Sandeep Singh Choudhary, both Indian nationals, are among 10 individuals, vessels, and entities sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office
By Manuel Levitt, senior associate, of Miller & Chevalier The global maritime shipping sector continues to feel the geopolitical shock waves from the unrest and violent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle
Continuing to try to stem the flow of Iranian funding to the Houthis, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action March 15 against a Mumbai-headquartered,
As Houthi attacks on merchant ships continue with a seemingly abundant supply of Iranian weaponry, sanctions announced today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in
This morning, the United Kingdom Maritime Trades Office reported that a vessel had been boarded, when 50 miles northeast of Sohar, Oman by 4-5 armed unauthorized boarders wearing black masks and black
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today imposed sanctions on three entities and identified as blocked property three vessels that used Price Cap Coalition service providers
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is imposing sanctions on two entities and identifying as blocked property two vessels involved in carrying Russian crude oil above
A complex scheme to evade U.S. Iran sanctions has not turned out too well for onetime tanker owner Behrouz Mokhtari, 72, of McLean, Va. This week, he was sentenced to 41 months
