US EditionUS military boards third oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean
The Bertha tanker, carrying 1.9 million barrels of Venezuelan crude, was intercepted as part of 10 sanctioned vessels stopped since December, targeting illicit oil trade.
- On Tuesday, U.S. military forces boarded the Bertha in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea, conducting a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding, U.S. Southern Command said.
- Amid U.S. pressure on Venezuela, at least 16 tankers fled after Maduro's apprehension, leaving only a dozen to pursue, the organization said.
- Tracking data show the vessel received Iranian crude via at-sea transfers to China, linking it to transshipment tactics, according to TankerTrackers.com co-founder Samir Madani.
- The Pentagon said it did not confirm a formal seizure of the vessel and had no further details beyond the Southern Command's post, even as the U.S. continues tanker enforcement efforts.
- Operating in defiance of the quarantine, the vessel attempted to evade, and Venezuela's use of a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers complicates enforcement of global supply chains.
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US military boards another oil tanker
WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Washington. U.S. military forces boarded a third oil tanker sanctioned in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea, in an effort to control the “illicit oil” linked to Venezuela, the Pentagon reported yesterday.
The United States says it has intercepted a third tanker in the Indian Ocean.
The United States intercepted in the Indian Ocean an oil tanker accused of violating the blockade ordered by Donald Trump against ships under sanctions in the Caribbean, and who had fled the region, announced Tuesday the Pentagon. ...
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AlKhaleej TodayUS forces seize third tanker in Indian Ocean defying Trump’s blockade
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 — US forces boarded a third tanker ship in the Indian Ocean that had violated President Donald Trump’s blockade of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean and fled the region, the Pentagon said Tuesday.“From the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, we tracked it and stopped it,” the Pentagon said in a post on X that included a video clip of US forces roping down from helicopters onto the tanker Bertha.“The vessel was operating in defian…
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