Imagery Image Reveals Initial Venezuelan Oil Ship Seized by US is Now Off the Texas Coast.
American personnel roped onto the vessel of the tanker Skipper on December 10th.
Orbital data and ship tracking information has verified that the crude carrier named Skipper – the first vessel seized by the United States for reportedly carrying embargoed crude from Venezuela – is now off the coast of the state of Texas.
A satellite firm's orbital photographs dated 21 December shows the ship is near Galveston, while AIS ship-tracking feeds from MarineTraffic currently positions the Skipper about 50 miles from the coast.
The Skipper was taken into custody by American officials on the tenth of December and has been blacklisted by several nations. At the time it was intercepted, it was falsely flying the flag of Guyana.
This interception was followed by the interception of a second tanker, the Centuries tanker. This ship – in contrast to the first vessel – was not yet under official restrictions when it was taken into American control.
American agencies are now targeting a third vessel, which has been named by the risk management group a risk firm as the Bella 1. The US President 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 over a month” and, at an typical pace of 11 nautical miles per hour, may have “approximately a month of diesel left unless her velocity drops”.
The group further stated the tanker is “likely heading in a southeasterly direction towards South Africa”.
