Ship masters in the crosshairs in latest Ofac Houthi sanctions
- US announces fresh sanctions on ‘Houthi smuggling and illicit revenue generation networks’
- Designations include one vessel and five masters of ships that discharged in Ras Isa port after the expiration of an Ofac licence
- UAE-based facilitators of Iranian oil and gas shipments to the Houthis also targeted
- Iranian government ‘both sells and provides a free monthly shipment of oil’ to the Houthis, according to US Treasury
Fresh US sanctions targeting Houthi-linked actors hit one tanker and 21 entities and individuals, including five masters who served on vessels that called in Ras Isa port
