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Satellite Image Reveals First Venezuelan Tanker Seized by US is Currently Off Texas.
US agents roped onto the vessel of the Skipper on 10 December.
Satellite imagery and vessel monitoring data has confirmed that the oil tanker Skipper – the initial vessel apprehended by the US for allegedly carrying sanctioned oil from the Venezuelan regime – is now positioned near of the state of Texas.
A satellite firm's satellite imagery from 21 December shows the ship is near Galveston, while AIS vessel-tracking data from MarineTraffic currently places the vessel about 80km offshore.
The Skipper was seized by US authorities on the tenth of December and has been blacklisted by multiple governments. At the time it was intercepted, it was incorrectly sailing under the ensign of the nation of Guyana.
This interception was followed by the interception of a another tanker, the Centuries. This ship – unlike the Skipper – was not yet under sanctions when it was taken into US custody.
American agencies are now pursuing a third ship, which has been identified by the maritime risk group a risk firm as the Bella 1. President Donald Trump stated yesterday that “it will ultimately be secured”.
Writing on the social media platform X, the maritime monitoring group noted the Bella 1 has been “in transit for 39 days” and, at an typical pace of 11 knots, may have “approximately a month of diesel remaining unless her speed drops”.
The monitoring service further stated the vessel is “probably heading in a southeasterly direction towards South Africa”.
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