Detected by satellites… 16 sanctioned oil tankers leave Venezuela
Marine surveillance analysts said that at least 16 A sanctioned oil tanker departed waters in Venezuela Since the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday.
According to the Tanker Trackers website, 13 of the tankers were carrying about 12 million barrels of crude oil and refined petroleum products.
A satellite image taken by the European Copernicus program showed 4 of them heading north from Venezuela.
The website identified these tankers as Aquila 2, Bertha, Veronica 3, and Vesna.
These four ships are subject to sanctions. American, making it vulnerable to the naval blockade imposed by President Donald Trump on December 16 on sanctioned oil tankers arriving or departing from Venezuela.
According to the Tanker Trackers website, the first three ships were transporting crude oil, while the Vesna was empty.
Satellite data
Agence France-Presse was able to independently confirm this using Satellites revealed that the Vesna, which is subject to US sanctions on suspicion of links to Iran and Russia, was about 40 kilometers east of Grenada on Sunday, that is, 500 kilometers from its location the day before.
Also, 11 of the remaining 12 tankers whose location AFP could not confirm on Monday are subject to US sanctions.
As for the last tanker, which is "Sea Maverick"It is not subject to US sanctions, but rather to sanctions imposed by Britain and the European Union on suspicion of its connection to the so-called "Ghost fleet" Which transports Russian oil.
Most of the oil tankers that left Venezuela in recent days cut off their automatic identification system (AIS) transmitters and receivers, or sent signals "GPS" (Global Positioning System) is wrong.
- For more: Follow Khaleejion 24 Arabic, Khaleejion 24 English, Khaleejion 24 Live, and for social media follow us on Facebook and Twitter
