This executive briefing provides compliance and maritime industry professionals with critical insights into evolving global sanctions landscapes and their impact on ownership structures and cargo risk assessment. Featuring expert analysis from Lloyd’s List Intelligence and Vortexa, this session will deliver best practices for adopting robust controls to implement or maintain an effective maritime compliance program.
What’s on the agenda?
Current Sanctions Landscapes & Enforcement Trends:
- Iran: Analysis of secondary sanctions mechanisms, the April 2025 advisory implications, and “Max Pressure 2.0” enforcement strategy
- Venezuela: OFAC sanctions risks related to Venezuelan oil transactions.
- Russia: Current sanctions positioning, potential price cap evolutions, and enforcement priorities
- Syria: Recent sanctions framework changes and compliance implications
Regulatory Compliance Excellence:
- Evolving due diligence expectations and red flags to look out for.
- Cross-jurisdictional intelligence sharing between US, UK, and EU authorities
Advanced Risk Management Strategies:
- How industry stakeholders should operationalize multi-jurisdictional maritime advisories and establish controls for risks such as AIS spoofing, false flagging, ship-to-ship transfers, and the Shadow Fleet.
- How to leverage data, maritime, ownership, and otherwise to get a holistic view of risk to reduce turn-around-times, drive operational efficiencies, and engaged in legally permissible trade.
- How industry stakeholders can proactively mitigate sanctions exposure, the importance of enhanced due diligence, especially in high-risk sectors.
- Practical steps to align with global best practices while navigating regional regulatory expectations.
Interactive Q&A:
Participants will have the opportunity to engage directly with our experts during the session. For priority consideration, you may submit questions in advance through the registration form.
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