OFAC targets nine more Iranian shadow fleet vessels

Citing “the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on peaceful protestors and its complete shutdown of internet access to conceal its abuses,” against the Iranian people, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is increasing pressure on the regime’s shadow fleet.

OFAC is targeting nine shadow fleet vessels and their respective owners or management firms that, it sa, have collectively transported hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil and petroleum products to foreign markets.

“The Iranian regime is engaged in a ritual of economic self-immolation—a process that has been accelerated by President Trump’s maximum pressure campaign. Tehran’s decision to support terrorists over its own people has caused Iran’s currency and living conditions to be in free fall,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “Today’s sanctions target a critical component of how Iran generates the funds used to repress its own people. As previously outlined, Treasury will continue to track the tens of millions of dollars that the regime has stolen and is desperately attempting to wire to banks outside of Iran.”

The OFAC action was taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13902, which targets Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors. It continues the sanctions campaign targeting Iranian oil sales in support of the President’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 2 (NSPM-2), instituting maximum economic pressure on Iran.

OFAC’s latest action includes vessels used to transport Iranian crude oil and other Iranian petroleum products. They are owned and operated by a group of companies operating out of various jurisdictions, largely established for the sole purpose of owning and managing their respective vessels. The following vessels are linked to years of Iranian petroleum shipments, including significant volumes in 2025 that continue into 2026.

The Palau-flagged Sea Bird (IMO 9088536), managed and operated by United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Horizon Harvest Shipping LLC, has transported hundreds of thousands of barrels of Iranian liquified petroleum gas (LPG) to East Asia, Djibouti, and UAE.

The Comoros-flagged Avon (IMO 9034705), owned, operated, and managed by India-based Aayat Ship Management Private Limited, transported multiple shipments of Iranian LPG to Bangladesh and Pakistan in 2025.

The Palau-flagged Al Diab II (IMO 9053816), owned, managed, and operated by Oman-based Black Stone Oil and Gas, transported multiple shipments of Iranian LPG to Pakistan and Somalia in 2025.

The Palau-flagged Cesaria (IMO 9251602), owned by Seychelles-based Galeran Service Corp, has transported millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil to East Asia since late 2025.

The unknown-flagged Longevity 7 (IMO 9240885), owned and managed by Marshall Islands-based Longevity Shipping Limited, transported hundreds of thousands of barrels of Iranian clean condensate received via a ship-to-ship transfer. Longevity 7 also carried multiple cargoes of Iranian methanol in 2022. The vessel has operated as part of the Iranian shadow fleet since at least 2020, transporting Iranian petrochemicals to East Asia.

The Palau-flagged Eastern Hero (IMO 9353905), owned by Marshall Islands-based Odyssey Marine Inc., has transported hundreds of thousands of barrels of Iranian high sulfur fuel oil since 2025.

The Panama-flagged Aqua Spirit (IMO 9197727), owned by Liberia-based Benoil Shipping Inc, has transported hundreds of thousands of barrels of Iranian petroleum products, including LPG, to Pakistan and other locations since 2025.

The Comoros-flagged Chiron 5 (IMO 9306665) and Keel (IMO 9176929), both owned, managed, and operated by Marshall Islands-based Trade Bridge Global Inc., have transported hundreds of thousands of barrels of Iranian naphtha since 2025.

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