Run Tanker Run!?
US militarty bossees gonna have to decide how much of their assets there are gonna use on this op….
They probably can’t stop all of the tankers from breaking the Trump ‘Blockade’….
As in the illegal drug business?
The money involved is just TOO MUCH to stop pushing, even if a American President, who IS a felon, is on your case….
And the media IS overseeing this, eh?
At least 11 oil tankers under U.S. sanctions were spotted this week well beyond Venezuelan waters, according to satellite-imagery analysis,having fled the maritime blockade that President Donald Trump imposed as part of the administration’s pressure campaign against the government there.
A tenth tanker was spotted off Grenada, and an 11th off Colombia’s coast. According to the official Russian Register of Ships, that last tanker recently adopted the Russian flag.
The ships are among 16 tankers under sanctions that were seen near Venezuelan ports after the blockade took effect in December but that later went missing. Several of them were spotted earlier this month, appearing to attempt to leave.
Trump administration officials have described the blockade on all oil tankers under U.S. sanctions entering or leaving Venezuela as a key avenue for applying pressure on Venezuela’s interim government. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the “quarantine” gives the United States “the strongest leverage possible” with Delcy Rodriguez, who has been leading the country since the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
The 11 tankers — all but one apparently carrying oil — collectively are carrying an estimated 9.4 million barrels of oil according to TankerTrackers.com, an independent oil-tracking firm that measures how high a vessel is above sea level to determine its load….
Six of the tankers were in the Caribbean Sea but had moved at least 70 miles from the Venezuelan coast; one of those ships was seized on Friday. Three others had traveled more than 450 miles into the Atlantic Ocean and, according to one analyst, were being distantly trailed by what appears to be a U.S. Navy ship.
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It is unclear if the tankers are acting independently or in coordination with the Venezuelan government.
The ships’ apparent success in skirting the blockade — while carrying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil — raises questions about the effectiveness of the blockade, said Gregory Brew, an international energy analyst with the Eurasia group.
“If this is a tool that the U.S. wants to use to maintain a degree of control or influence over Caracas, it’s a tool that they have to demonstrate can be used effectively and consistently,” Brew said….
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Another analyst said the number of ships that have gotten through is likely an indication of how many shipowners are willing to take extraordinary risks.
“It’s very difficult to have a 100 percent blockade,” said Jorge Leon, the head of geopolitical analysis for Rystad energy, a research and consultancy firm.
He said a blockade largely aims to deter defiance through seizures and others shows of force.
Note…
Again?
This IS another example of the Trump ‘Bullying’ routine….
Use the MEDIA headlines to sell your stuff when the reality often isn’t what is going on…
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