Revealed: The ships carrying fuel and arms to Israel
Overseas Sun Coast, a chemical/oil products tanker
Oscar Rickett reports in Middle East Eye on 4 September 2025:
A list of 36 ships that have consistently supplied arms and fuel to Israel during its genocide in Gaza has been revealed by a coalition of activist groups.
The blocklist, announced on Thursday by the No Harbour for Genocide campaign, is designed to support a “people’s embargo” of ships and companies facilitating the genocide.
Seen first by Middle East Eye, the blocklist includes Maersk container ships that have been transporting military supplies and exports for Israeli settlements across the Atlantic as part of a US maritime programme.
A fleet of vessels operated by the Danish shipping giant has been sailing under US and Hong Kong flags, as part of the United States Maritime Administration (Marad) programme. The US Department of Transportation describes Marad’s mission as being to “foster, promote and develop the maritime industry of the United States to meet the nation’s economic and security needs”.
In June, Maersk said it was divesting from companies linked to illegal Israel settlements in the occupied West Bank.
No Harbour for Genocide, which is run by Global Energy Embargo for Palestine, Progressive International and the BDS National Committee, intends the blocklist to be a public, evidence-based dataset.
The blocklist names vessels, gives identification (IMO) numbers, the companies operating the ships and the flags under which they sail. It also links to real-time tracking platforms that show the user the current location of the “genocide carriers”.
“There is a supply chain to genocide, to apartheid, to illegal occupation,” said a spokesperson for Global Energy Embargo for Palestine.
“Whether it is energy, military equipment or dual-use items – these materials are exported and imported via maritime trade routes on vessels that are complicit in Israel’s genocide on Gaza and illegal occupation of Palestine.”