AFP was in a position to verify independently utilizing satellite tv for pc knowledge that the Vesna, which is beneath US sanctions for suspected hyperlinks with Iran and Russia, was about 40 kilometres east of Grenada on Sunday, some 500 kilometres from its place the day past.
Eleven of the remaining 12 oil tankers whose location couldn’t be confirmed by AFP on Monday have been beneath US sanctions.
They’re the Volans, Lydya N, Lyra, Merope, Min Hold, M Sophia, Nayara (also called Themis), Olina (Minerva M), Rosalin (Nurkez), Thalia III, and the Veronica (Pegas), in accordance with an inventory offered to AFP by the business data platform Kpler.
The ultimate oil tanker, the Sea Maverick, shouldn’t be beneath US sanctions however these of Britain and the European Union for suspected hyperlinks to the so-called phantom fleet of ships transporting Russian oil.
Many of the oil tankers which left Venezuela these previous days have minimize off their AIS transponders or have transmitted false GPS location alerts.
The US blockade might have an effect on as much as 600 oil tankers beneath US sanctions, in accordance with an AFP evaluation of knowledge offered by the US Workplace of Overseas Belongings Management and the Worldwide Maritime Group.
