H1 2026: The Moving Target of Maritime Sanctions Compliance
H1 2026 saw a wave of maritime sanctions developments across EU, UK, and U.S. regimes targeting Russian crude and refined products, Russian LNG, Iranian oil, Venezuelan oil, and shadow fleet networks, with infrastructure such as Karimun Oil Terminal (Indonesia) and ports like Murmansk and Tuapse explicitly included. These evolving, time-bound sanctions create compliance-driven disruptions for vessel operators, cargo handlers, terminals, and service providers across multiple key maritime trade routes and chokepoints.