{"id":504,"date":"2026-08-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/iran-blacklists-non-compliant-ships-hormuz-fines-confiscation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:00:00","slug":"iran-blacklists-non-compliant-ships-hormuz-fines-confiscation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/iran-blacklists-non-compliant-ships-hormuz-fines-confiscation\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Blacklists 45\u201346 \u201cNon-Compliant\u201d Ships for Hormuz, Threatens Fines and Confiscation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s <strong>Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA)<\/strong> published a \u201cNon-Compliant Vessels\u201d list of roughly <strong>45\u201346 ships<\/strong> in late August 2026, warning that named vessels face fines, detention, seizure or cargo confiscation on future Strait of Hormuz passages. The list includes VLCCs, LNG\/LPG carriers and product tankers, among them ships linked to ADNOC Logistics &amp; Shipping, Navig8, Saudi Bahri and other international owners.<\/p>\n<p>PGSA also threatened to add any vessel conducting ship-to-ship transfers or commercial operations with listed ships \u2014 a direct shot at Gulf shuttle and STS workarounds. Operators must screen the list before fixing Gulf voyages; removal requires a formal request with explanations to Iranian maritime authorities. The blacklist landed as kinetic attacks and U.S. blockade diversions continued, layering administrative enforcement onto physical risk.<\/p>\n<h2>What Operators Should Note<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Screen every Gulf fixture against the PGSA IMO list before fixing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>STS with blacklisted tonnage can infect otherwise clean vessels<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charter parties need seizure\/confiscation and fee-dispute language<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not treat listing as theoretical<\/strong> after the AMARA detention precedent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RegulAs Shipping will track list updates and any enforced detentions under the new regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Persian Gulf Strait Authority published a non-compliant vessels list of about 45\u201346 ships, including ADNOC and Bahri tonnage, warning of fines, detention or confiscation on future Hormuz transits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-regulations","category-maritime-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}