AI & AIS screening: Big data can have big impact on shipping’s sanctions risk management

… Tracking ships using satellite imagery was something other organisations, like TankerTrackers and United Against Nuclear Iran, have done manually in the past to trail illicit players. Since the invasion began last year, Skytek has published several reports on the situation at Ukrainian ports, including on ships trapped there, and the super-yachts owned by Russian oligarchs sanctioned in the immediate aftermath of the invasion. Daniel said before Russia invaded Ukraine, the sanctions focus was entirely on the US and its attempts to curb Iranian crude oil trading.