In the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, the US military seized the oil tanker Bella 1. Bloomberg reported this on December 21, citing its sources.
The agency notes that the ship is under United States sanctions and was heading to Venezuela for loading.
Journalists write that Bella 1 flies under the Panamanian flag. At the same time, ship tracking services (for example, MarineTraffic and VesselFinder) indicate that the tanker is under the flag of Guyana and arrived in the Caribbean from Egypt.
Bloomberg notes that this is the third tanker seized by the US military since December 10. On this day, the Skipper was taken under control, and on December 20, the Centuries.
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