Imagery Image Reveals Initial Venezuela-Linked Tanker Seized 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 oil tanker named Skipper – the first vessel seized by the United States for reportedly carrying embargoed crude from the Venezuelan regime – is currently off the coast of Texas.
A satellite firm's orbital photographs from 21 December indicates the ship is near Galveston, while Automatic Identification System ship-tracking feeds from a maritime data service presently positions the vessel about 50 miles offshore.
The Skipper was taken into custody by American officials on the tenth of December and has been blacklisted by multiple nations. At the time it was seized, it was falsely sailing under the flag of the nation of Guyana.
This interception was succeeded by the interception of a second tanker, the Centuries. It – in contrast to the Skipper – was not yet under official restrictions when it was taken into US custody.
US authorities are now pursuing a third such ship, which has been identified by the risk management group a risk firm as the Bella 1 tanker. The US President stated yesterday that “we’ll end up getting it”.
Writing on the social media platform X, the TankerTrackers group said the Bella 1 has been “underway for 39 days” and, at an average speed of 11 nautical miles per hour, may have “another 28 to 35 days of fuel remaining unless her speed drops”.
The monitoring service added the tanker is “likely traveling in a southeasterly direction towards South Africa”.
