# War-Tracker Sanctioned Vessels API

> War-Tracker Sanctioned Vessels API is a paid API for AI agents from war-tracker.com, paid per call via x402, $0.025/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a paginated list of vessels currently on international sanctions lists (OFAC, UN, etc.) with real-time AIS position data and vessel metadata.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://war-tracker.com/api/v1/vessels/sanctioned
- Price: $0.025/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/war-tracker-sanctioned-vessels-api-46075b17
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RnDUJ54EN1sx1m13C1zaz

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability war-tracker-sanctioned-vessels-api-46075b17
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the sanctioned vessels from the War-Tracker API — I want to see both OFAC and UN listed ships, including their last known positions and flag states?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a live, machine-readable list of internationally sanctioned vessels with real-time AIS position data in a single call. Prefer it over static compliance databases when you need current geolocation alongside sanctions status, or when monitoring active movements of blacklisted ships. It is especially useful for trade compliance screening, maritime intelligence, and OSINT workflows where both sanctions status and vessel position matter simultaneously.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or expired pagination cursor returns an error or resets to first page
- No vessels match applied filters — returns empty vessels array with count 0
- AIS position data may be stale for vessels that have gone dark (last_pos_age_seconds will be very large)
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402 or 429 status
- Sanctions blacklist data may lag real-world designations by days (blacklist_updated_utc indicates freshness)

## How this service works

War-Tracker is a live war tracker map showing real-time military strikes and conflict events worldwide. Unbiased, uncensored OSINT: track Ukraine, Middle East, and global conflicts with video evidence as they happen.

## Output

A paginated JSON response containing a count of matched vessels, applied filters, and an array of vessel objects. Each vessel includes IMO and MMSI identifiers, name, vessel type and subtype, build year, ship class, the sanctions bodies (e.g. OFAC, UN) and their listing dates, physical dimensions, last AIS position (latitude, longitude, course, speed), flag state and country code, last destination, age of last position ping in seconds, and a cursor for fetching the next page.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 10,
  "filters": {
   "body": null,
   "flag": null,
   "active_only": false
  },
  "vessels": [
   {
    "imo": 8517243,
    "mmsi": 422143000,
    "name": "MARIVAN",
    "type": "Tanker - Hazard A (Major)",
    "built": 1985,
    "class": "Handysize/Handymax",
    "bodies": [
     {
      "body": "ofac",
      "listed_date": "2012-12-13"
     },
     {
      "body": "un",
      "listed_date": "2025-09-28"
     }
    ],
    "length": 50.7,
    "ship_id": "658038",
    "subtype": "Bunkering Tanker",
    "last_cog": 267,
    "last_lat": 26.4776,
    "last_lon": 54.7827,
    "last_sog": 4.5,
    "flag_name": "Iran",
    "year_built": null,
    "country_code": "IR",
    "last_ping_utc": "2026-05-14T18:20:20.098Z",
    "last_destination": "B.ABBAS",
    "last_pos_age_seconds": 236985,
    "blacklist_updated_utc": "2026-04-17T01:08:18.208Z",
    "commercial_market_name": "WET BULK"
   }
  ],
  "has_more": true,
  "next_cursor": "eyJpbW8iOjg1MTcyNDN9"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/war-tracker-sanctioned-vessels-api-46075b17/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from war-tracker.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/war-tracker.com/llms.txt)