{"id":86788,"date":"2025-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/06\/04\/panama-kicks-more-vessels-off-of-registry-to-fulfill-sanctions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:00:00","slug":"panama-kicks-more-vessels-off-of-registry-to-fulfill-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/06\/04\/panama-kicks-more-vessels-off-of-registry-to-fulfill-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama kicks more vessels off of registry to fulfill sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Panama<\/strong> <strong>ramps up crackdown on sanctioned vessels: <\/strong>Panama\u2019s Maritime Authority has removed 214 vessels from its registry since it started adopting measures in 2024 to enforce US sanctions \u2014 reaching a total of 650 removed vessels since 2019, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/panama-removes-over-650-ships-registry-amid-sanctions-stricter-rules-2025-06-02\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> reports. The move comes as the authority aims to impose stricter regulations on its flagged ships after receiving criticism for facilitating Iran\u2019s oil trade. Targeted vessels will not be able to sail under Panama\u2019s flag once taken out of the registry. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Washington\u2019s out for Iranian crude-carrying vessels: <\/strong>The US has been pushing the authority to crack down on ship-to-ship operations between Panama-flagged vessels \u2014 a practice usually adopted by shippers carrying sanctioned oil. It imposed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/e2027315-eaf9-4a69-b05d-aa9a2941b189\/today:-oman%25e2%2580%2599s-sohar-to-get-solar-plant-%2B-du-advances-uae-data-center-project\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctions on three vessels<\/a> and their owners in April that had reportedly delivered refined petroleum products to the Houthis-controlled port of Ras Isa in Yemen. Earlier in February, 20 entities involved with <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/7d044fef-4244-4e5e-8f45-b90c11af34b0\/today:-e&-divests-from-data-center-firm-khazna-%2B-a-new-uae-logistics-player-to-invest-in-india\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran\u2019s shadow fleet<\/a> were sanctioned. The US is also reportedly considering a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/b8398abc-0b64-4e2f-9af3-c01ebf7a6223\/today:-egypt%25e2%2580%2599s-subsea-cable-factory-%2B-dekheila-port%25e2%2580%2599s-new-petrochemicals-facility\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">plan to stop-and-search<\/a> Iran\u2019s crude oil vessels at sea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories on our radar this morning from around the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[148,123,32,726],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-86788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-world","tag-around-the-world","tag-shipping-maritime","tag-trade","tag-usa","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"8d6021a7-69bf-469a-8a55-e606c52923f0","order":"11","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/4\/544.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Panama kicks more vessels off of registry to fulfill sanctions","related_issue":[86770],"teaser":"Stories on our radar this morning from around the world","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/6\/.4b75b3c5-b615-4597-8d59-65721c4a9825.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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