Traffik watches the official feeds — port-state detentions, sanctions designations, flag-state circulars, protected-seagrass zones — and reads them against the tracked fleet every day. When a list names a hull we track, or a tracked hull sits where it shouldn’t, you hear about it the same day.

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Compliance Watch — daily scan LIVE DATA · 14 OCT 2026

Source	Scanned	Status
Port-state detentions Paris MoU current list	46 detentions	No tracked hull listed
Sanctions designations OFAC SDN · UK Sanctions List	6,226 ship entries	0 new
Flag-state circulars Tagged by the band each governs	60 notices in force	Applicability-filtered
Protected seagrass French Med, Corsica, Balearics	76,248 meadow polygons	57 yachts 24 m+ flagged

YACHTS 60 FT AND OVER · SAME-DAY ALERTS WITH LIVE POSITION

Detentions & sanctions

See detentions and designations the day they appear.

The Paris MoU current detention list, the OFAC SDN and the UK Sanctions List are scanned on every run. Entries are matched to tracked yachts three ways — IMO number with check-digit validation, current name, and prior identity from the rename record — so a renamed hull never slips past.

Port-state detentions	A detention is an underwriting and management event. A tracked hull on the current list is a same-day alert.
Sanctions designations	Vessel entries are diffed on every run; a new designation naming a tracked hull alerts the day it is published.
Prior identities	Lists often carry a former name. Traffik’s rename record connects it to the hull as currently tracked.

Screening reports what the official lists publish. It does not establish culpability or the current legal status of a vessel.

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Detention-list match

Lumistral · matched by prior identity

List entry:Paris MoU current detentions — entered under the yacht’s former name Matched by:Prior identity from the rename record; IMO confirmed with check-digit validation Last recorded position:Berthed, Western Mediterranean · fix 2 h before the alert Delivered:Email and push notification, same day, linked to the official entry

Flag-state circulars

Read flag circulars as exposure, not news.

Flag registries publish a steady stream of notices — most of which govern ships your fleet will never be. Traffik tags each circular with the size and tonnage band it actually applies to, so a rule written for 500 GT cargo ships never pings a 70-footer, and the notices that do reach you are the ones that govern your hulls.

Applicability tags are screening aids drawn from the notice text. The circular itself remains the authoritative document.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

Notice	Applies to	Your fleet
Fire-safety amendment	≥500 GT commercial	No tracked hull governed
Crew certification update	≥24 m commercial yachts	3 hulls governed ›
Radio watchkeeping note	All sizes	Fleet-wide ›

Protected seagrass

Watch the anchor, not just the paperwork.

France fines anchoring damage to protected Posidonia at up to €150,000, and captains are prosecuted personally — one Maltese-flagged captain was fined €90,000. Traffik screens measured positions against 76,248 mapped meadow polygons across the French Mediterranean, Corsica and the Balearics, and flags stationary time over living meadow, outside known marinas and ports, as an exposure signal.

ON 14 OCTOBER 2026 THE SCREEN FLAGGED 57 YACHTS OF 24 M AND OVER STATIONARY OVER MAPPED MEADOW IN A SINGLE DAY.

A flag identifies potential exposure over a mapped meadow. It does not establish anchoring, damage or a breach: permitted mooring fields exist inside some mapped areas, and meadow maps carry survey dates. Meadow extents: EMODnet Seabed Habitats.

Anchoring exposure review ILLUSTRATIVE SCENARIO

Mapped meadow (living bed) Vessel track Recorded position Stationary over meadow

EXPOSURE SIGNAL; NOT A LEGAL FINDINGMEADOWS: EMODNET SEABED HABITATS

FAQ

Questions about Compliance Watch

What does Compliance Watch cover?

Traffik scans official sources daily — the Paris MoU current detention list, the OFAC SDN and UK Sanctions List vessel entries, flag-state circulars, and mapped protected-seagrass zones in the French Mediterranean, Corsica and the Balearics — and matches every entry against the tracked fleet. A hit produces a same-day alert carrying the hull’s live position and recent movement.

Which yachts are screened?

Yachts of 60 feet and over in the tracked fleet. Matching runs three ways: IMO number with check-digit validation, current name, and prior identities from the rename record, so a renamed hull never slips past. Each flag-state notice is applied only to the size and tonnage band it actually governs.

Does a seagrass flag mean a yacht anchored illegally?

No. A flag identifies recorded stationary time over a mapped living Posidonia meadow, outside known marinas and ports. It is an exposure signal for closer review, not a legal finding: permitted mooring fields exist inside some mapped areas, and meadow maps carry survey dates. France fines anchoring damage to Posidonia at up to €150,000, which is why the signal is worth reviewing early.

How do alerts reach our team?

Same-day email or push notification as matching entries are detected, or grouped into a daily digest. Each alert links the official source entry to the hull’s recorded positions so your team can review the relevant activity directly.

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