Sanctioned Tankers Depart Venezuela
Drawing on satellite images, shipping records, and industry sources, four of the vessels were observed sailing east of Venezuela’s shoreline while concealing their identities or falsifying their positions — a maneuver known as spoofing.
The other 12 ships ceased transmitting tracking signals and have not appeared in subsequent satellite scans, the report noted Monday.
The account added that 15 of the 16 tankers that set out on Saturday were already sanctioned for previously transporting Iranian and Russian petroleum.
Industry insiders said the four monitored ships departed without clearance from Venezuela’s interim authorities overseeing the energy sector. All had been stationed at export terminals for weeks before leaving over the weekend.
The United States imposed a “complete blockade” on Venezuelan oil tankers under sanction on Dec. 16, seeking to cut off financial flows. Officials in Washington stated that enforcement targets the sanctioned “shadow fleet” while permitting limited shipments by US companies.
Since the blockade’s introduction, American forces have seized or intercepted multiple vessels attempting to move Venezuelan crude.
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