Port of Ust-Luga

🇷🇺 Russia

Baltic Sea · Multi-Purpose Port

🟠 Sanctions program OFAC RUSSIA · EU RUSSIA · UK RUSSIA

Russia is not under a country-wide US embargo, but it is under broad list-based and sectoral sanctions: OFAC's Russia programme (E.O. 14024), the US import bans and the G7 oil price cap (E.O. 14066 and 14071), the EU's successive sanctions packages and UK measures. Hundreds of vessels in the Russian oil trade are individually designated by the US, EU or UK. Screen the vessel, its owner and its cargo; the port call alone does not tell you whether a voyage is prohibited.

🟠 Moderate disruption Estimated arrival delay ~17h · Disruption score 40/100
UN/LOCODE
RUUST
Country
🇷🇺 Russia
Port Type
Multi-Purpose Port
Ocean Region
Baltic Sea
Latitude
59.6800° N
Longitude
28.4000° E

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Vessels on Sanctions Lists Seen at Ust-Luga

6 of the 18 vessels our AIS feed observed within 25 nm of Ust-Luga between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026 broadcast an IMO number that is on the OFAC, EU, UK or UN sanctions list today. The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.

VesselIMOListed bySeen
ARABESCA 9288734 EU · UK 14 Jul 2026 – 5 Aug 2026
MIRABEL
listed as Moskovsky Prospect
9511521 OFAC (since 10 Jan 2025) · EU · UK 18 Jun 2026
INVICTA
listed as NEOMI
9250543 EU · UK 10 Jun 2026
FORWARDER
listed as HENG TAI
9419448 OFAC (since 10 Jan 2025) · EU · UK 2 Jun 2026
GELOR 9185528 UK 23 May 2026
PROSPERITY 9322956 OFAC (since 10 Jan 2025) · EU · UK 17 May 2026

The IMO is the one the ship broadcasts over AIS, a listing may postdate the sighting, and a sighting includes anchorages and canal or strait queues, so it is not proof of a port call. Open a vessel for its full screening record.

Joint War Committee listing

Listed area

Ust-Luga is inside a Joint War Committee listed area (circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026):

A call here normally needs prior notice to war underwriters and may carry an additional premium; how the listing applies is agreed contract by contract.

Source: Joint War Committee circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026 (LMA/IUA), JWC Listed Areas for hull war, piracy, terrorism and related perils.

Regional Risk Context — Baltic Sea

Between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026, ArcNautical's AIS feed observed 18 distinct vessels at Ust-Luga, with Cargo making up 47% of those with a ship-type code — in line with the Baltic Sea regional average of 46%. Ust-Luga in Russia operates in a semi-enclosed shallow basin with seasonal ice and the strictest environmental regime in commercial shipping. December–April ice coverage requires vessels to meet Finnish-Swedish Ice Class for independent navigation or rely on icebreaker escort, and ice-edge position varies enough between years that conventional deterministic routing models fail. Since 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has transformed the security architecture: NATO maritime presence has increased substantially, and sanctions against Russian energy exports have disrupted traditional traffic patterns. The Baltic is also a designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) and Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA), requiring low-sulphur fuel or exhaust gas cleaning systems.

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Sea Distances

Routed sea distances from Ust-Luga to the principal global hubs, computed by ArcNautical's routing engine — around land and through the canals a ship actually uses, not great-circle.

Top Vessel Types (AIS observations)

Our AIS feed observed 18 distinct vessels at Ust-Luga between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026; 17 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories:

47%
Cargo
8 vessels
47%
Tanker
8 vessels
6%
Tug
1 vessel

The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.

Port State Control Context

Russia is a multi-MoU jurisdiction (its port states participate in more than one regional PSC programme). Vessel-level detention probability for calls at Ust-Luga is computed by ArcNautical's scoring engine using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity rather than a regional aggregate.

Latest Arrivals Recorded at Ust-Luga

The last 10 vessels our AIS feed recorded arriving between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026:

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-08-05 ARABESCA EU · UK 🇸🇱 SL Tanker
2026-08-05 SAULKRASTI 🇷🇺 RU Unknown
2026-08-05 LUCKY JESSICA 🇵🇦 PA Cargo
2026-08-01 V GEM 🇵🇦 PA Cargo
2026-07-30 ALUNA 🇧🇧 BB Cargo
2026-06-18 MIRABEL OFAC · EU · UK 🇴🇲 OM Tanker
2026-06-18 VOLGO-DON 5091 🇷🇺 RU Tug
2026-06-10 INVICTA EU · UK 🇨🇲 CM Tanker
2026-06-10 SUPRA MONARCH 🇱🇷 LR Cargo
2026-06-10 ZAPHIRA 🇵🇼 PW Tanker

The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.

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