Imagery Image Reveals Initial Venezuelan Tanker Confiscated by American Authorities is Currently Off Texas.
American personnel boarding the vessel of the Skipper on December 10th.
Orbital data and ship tracking data has confirmed that the crude carrier named Skipper – the first vessel seized by the United States for allegedly transporting sanctioned oil from the Venezuelan regime – is currently positioned near of the state of Texas.
A satellite firm's orbital photographs dated 21 December shows the ship is near Galveston, while AIS ship-tracking data from a maritime data service presently positions the vessel about 50 miles from the coast.
The Skipper was seized by US authorities on the tenth of December and has been sanctioned by several nations. At the time it was intercepted, it was incorrectly flying the ensign of Guyana.
This interception was succeeded by the capture of a second oil vessel, the Centuries tanker. It – unlike the first vessel – was not yet under official restrictions when it was taken into US custody.
US authorities are currently targeting a third such 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 TankerTrackers group said the vessel Bella 1 has been “in transit for over a month” 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 traveling south-east towards South Africa”.
