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Imagery Data Reveals Initial Venezuela-Linked Oil Ship Confiscated by US is Now Near the Texas Coast.
US personnel roped onto the vessel of the Skipper on 10 December.
Satellite imagery and vessel monitoring data has confirmed that the crude carrier Skipper – the initial vessel seized by the US for allegedly carrying sanctioned crude from Venezuela – is currently off the coast of Texas.
Vantor satellite imagery from 21 December shows the tanker is near Galveston, while AIS ship-tracking feeds from MarineTraffic currently places the vessel about 80km offshore.
The tanker Skipper was seized by US authorities on the tenth of December and has been blacklisted by several governments. When it was intercepted, it was incorrectly sailing under the ensign of the nation of Guyana.
This seizure was followed by the capture of a another tanker, the Centuries tanker. This ship – unlike the first vessel – was not yet under sanctions when it was brought under American control.
US authorities are currently pursuing a third ship, which has been identified by the maritime risk group Vanguard as the Bella 1 tanker. The US President stated recently that “it will ultimately be secured”.
Writing on the social media platform X, the maritime monitoring group said the Bella 1 has been “underway for 39 days” and, at an average speed of 11 nautical miles per hour, may have “approximately a month of diesel remaining unless her velocity decreases”.
The monitoring service added the vessel is “likely heading in a southeasterly direction towards South Africa”.
Mallory Bell
Elara is a science writer and astronomer with a passion for unraveling cosmic mysteries and sharing insights with readers worldwide.
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