Satellite Image Shows First Venezuelan Oil Ship Seized by US is Now Near Texas.
US personnel roped onto the vessel of the tanker Skipper on December 10th.
Orbital data and vessel monitoring data has confirmed that the crude carrier named Skipper – the first vessel apprehended by the United States for allegedly carrying embargoed crude from the Venezuelan regime – is now positioned near of the state of Texas.
Vantor orbital photographs dated 21 December shows the tanker is near Galveston, while Automatic Identification System ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic presently positions the vessel about 50 miles from the coast.
The Skipper was taken into custody by American officials on the tenth of December and has been sanctioned by multiple governments. At the time it was seized, it was incorrectly flying the ensign of the nation of Guyana.
This seizure was succeeded by the capture of a second tanker, the Centuries tanker. This ship – unlike the Skipper – was not under sanctions when it was taken into American control.
American agencies are currently targeting a third vessel, which has been identified 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 TankerTrackers group noted the Bella 1 has been “in transit for 39 days” and, at an typical pace of 11 knots, may have “approximately a month of diesel remaining unless her speed decreases”.
The monitoring service further stated the vessel is “likely heading in a southeasterly direction towards South Africa”.
