Satellite Image Reveals First Venezuelan Tanker Confiscated by US is Currently Near Texas.
American agents roped onto the vessel of the Skipper on December 10th.
Orbital data and vessel monitoring data has verified that the crude carrier Skipper – the initial vessel seized by the US for reportedly transporting sanctioned crude from the Venezuelan regime – is currently off the coast of the state of Texas.
Vantor orbital photographs dated 21 December indicates the ship is in the vicinity of Galveston, while AIS ship-tracking data from a maritime data service currently positions the vessel about 50 miles offshore.
The tanker Skipper was seized by American officials on the tenth of December and has been blacklisted by several governments. When it was seized, it was incorrectly flying the flag of Guyana.
This seizure was followed by the interception of a another tanker, the Centuries. This ship – unlike the first vessel – was not under sanctions when it was brought under US custody.
US authorities are currently targeting a third such ship, which has been named by the risk management group a risk firm as the Bella 1. The US President said recently that “we’ll end up getting it”.
Writing on X, the TankerTrackers group noted the Bella 1 has been “underway for 39 days” and, at an typical pace of 11 nautical miles per hour, may have “approximately a month of diesel left unless her velocity decreases”.
The group added the tanker is “probably heading south-east towards South Africa”.
