Imagery Image Shows First Venezuelan Tanker Confiscated by US is Currently Off the Texas Coast.
American agents roped onto the vessel of the Skipper on December 10th.
Orbital data and ship tracking information has verified that the oil tanker named Skipper – the initial vessel seized by the United States for reportedly carrying embargoed oil from Venezuela – is currently positioned near of Texas.
A satellite firm's satellite imagery dated 21 December shows the tanker is near Galveston, while Automatic Identification System ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic presently places the Skipper about 50 miles from the coast.
The tanker Skipper was seized by US authorities on 10 December and has been sanctioned by multiple governments. When it was seized, it was falsely sailing under the ensign of the nation of Guyana.
This interception was succeeded by the interception of a another tanker, the Centuries. It – in contrast to the Skipper – was not yet under sanctions when it was taken into US custody.
US authorities are currently pursuing a third such ship, which has been named by the risk management group a risk firm as the Bella 1. The US President stated recently that “we’ll end up getting it”.
Writing on the social media platform X, the maritime monitoring group said the Bella 1 has been “underway for over a month” and, at an typical pace of 11 knots, may have “approximately a month of diesel left unless her speed drops”.
The group added the tanker is “probably traveling in a southeasterly direction towards the South African coast”.
