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Cuba Flag — Maritime Risk Profile

ISO CU · Black List (high risk)

OFAC comprehensive →

Port State Control performance

Paris MoU →
Black List (high risk)
15% 3-year detention rate
Tokyo MoU →
Black List (high risk)
13% 3-year detention rate

The Cuba flag holds Black List (high risk) placement across the two largest port state control regimes. Detention rates reflect the percentage of CU-flagged vessels detained out of all inspections at member-state ports over the most recent three-year window. Black-list flags face the highest inspection targeting frequency and the most severe scrutiny on chartering, financing, and insurance.

Sanctioned vessels under Cuba flag

0 vessels in ArcNautical's screening index currently fly the Cuba flag and appear on at least one sanctions or watch list (OFAC SDN, EU, UN, UK, Belgium FOD, or RUSI DPRK reports).

Vessel nameIMOPrograms
No vessels currently in our sanctions index fly the Cuba flag.

Country sanctions exposure

Cuba is currently under OFAC comprehensive sanctions programs: OFAC CUBA, EU CUBA. Cuba is under a comprehensive US embargo (Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR Part 515). Vessels calling here face Tier-1 OFAC screening.

Related flags

Other flag states with similar Paris/Tokyo MoU placement: