Imagery Image Reveals First Venezuelan Oil Ship Confiscated by American Authorities is Now Off Texas.
US agents roped onto the vessel of the Skipper on December 10th.
Satellite imagery and ship tracking data has confirmed that the crude carrier named Skipper – the initial vessel seized by the United States for allegedly transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela – is currently off the coast of Texas.
A satellite firm's satellite imagery dated 21 December indicates the tanker is in the vicinity of Galveston, while Automatic Identification System vessel-tracking data from a maritime data service presently positions the Skipper about 80km offshore.
The Skipper was seized by US authorities on the tenth of December and has been blacklisted by several nations. When it was seized, it was incorrectly flying the ensign of Guyana.
This interception was succeeded by the capture of a another tanker, the Centuries. It – in contrast to the Skipper – was not yet under sanctions when it was brought under American control.
US authorities are now pursuing a third ship, which has been named by the risk management group a risk firm as the Bella 1. The US President stated recently that “it will ultimately be secured”.
Writing on the social media platform X, the TankerTrackers group said the vessel Bella 1 has been “in transit for 39 days” and, at an average speed of 11 nautical miles per hour, may have “another 28 to 35 days of diesel left unless her speed drops”.
The monitoring service further stated the tanker is “probably traveling south-east towards the South African coast”.
