{"id":21757,"date":"2025-12-12T20:02:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=21757"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:02:43","slug":"u-s-adds-more-venezuela-linked-tankers-to-sanctions-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=21757","title":{"rendered":"U.S. adds more Venezuela-linked tankers to sanctions list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    U.S. adds more Venezuela-linked tankers to sanctions list<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/?s=OFAC\">(OFAC<\/a>) yesterday issued new sanctions on the Venezuelan oil sector that included six shipping companies and six ships associated with them. This has led to media and industry speculation that they could be subject the same sort of seizure action as the <em>Skipper,<\/em> the vessel shown in a video released on X by Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Coast Guard, with support from the Department of War, executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. For multiple\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dNr0oAGl5x\">pic.twitter.com\/dNr0oAGl5x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/1998875795151024337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While the Attorney General released few specifics on the <em>Skippe<\/em>r, the New York Times coverage of the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-venezuela-tanker.html?searchResultPosition=2\">fills in a lot of the blanks<\/a>, as does a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VX6be5lGfps\">YouTube<\/a> video from Sal Mercogliano<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-candidates-for-seizure\">CANDIDATES FOR SEIZURE<\/h4>\n<p>The six shipping companies targeted in OFAC\u2019s latest action are<\/p>\n<p>Myra Marine Limited is registered in the Marshall Islands and is the registered owner and manager of the vessel <em>White Crane<\/em> (IMO: 9323429). As recently as October 2025, says OFAC, <em>White Crane <\/em>has loaded oil in Venezuela. <em>White Crane <\/em>has also used deceptive practices to obfuscate its location by either failing to transmit its location or transmitting a false location. OFAC is designating Myra Marine Limited pursuant to E.O. 13850, for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and is identifying <em>White Crane<\/em> as blocked property.<\/p>\n<p>Arctic Voyager Incorporated is registered in the Marshall Islands and is the registered owner of the Panama-flagged vessel <em>Kiara M (<\/em>IMO: 9285823). In September and October 2025, <em>Kiara M <\/em>loaded oil in Venezuela and is presently headed for Asia to offload its cargo. OFAC is designating <em>Arctic Voyager <\/em>Incorporated pursuant to E.O. 13850, for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and is identifying <em>Kiara M<\/em> as blocked property.<\/p>\n<p>Poweroy Investment Limited is registered in the British Virgin Islands and is the registered owner of the Panama-flagged vessel <em>H. Constance<\/em> (IMO: 9237773). In October 2025,<em> H. Constance <\/em>loaded Venezuelan oil. H. Constance has repeatedly manipulated its transmissions to obfuscate its location and loading of Venezuelan oil. OFAC is designating Poweroy Investment Limited pursuant to E.O. 13850, for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and is identifying <em>H. Constance<\/em> as blocked property.<\/p>\n<p>Ready Great Limited is registered in the Marshall Islands and is the registered owner of the Panama-flagged vessel <em>Lattafa <\/em>(IMO: 9245794). In multiple shipments through 2025, Lattafa loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia. Lattafa has manipulated its transmissions to obfuscate its location and loading of Venezuelan oil. OFAC is designating Ready Great Limited pursuant to E.O. 13850, for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and is identifying <em>Lattafa <\/em>as blocked property.<\/p>\n<p>Sino Marine Services Limited is registered in the U.K. and is the manager and operator of Hong Kong-flagged vessel <em>Tamia <\/em>(IMO: 9315642). In June 2025, T<em>amia<\/em> loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia. <em>Tamia <\/em>has manipulated its transmissions to obfuscate its location and loading of Venezuelan oil. OFAC is designating Sino Marine Services Limited pursuant to E.O. 13850, for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and is identifying <em>Tamia <\/em>as blocked property.<\/p>\n<p>Full Happy Limited is registered in the Marshall Islands and is the registered owner and manager of the Cook Islands-flagged vessel Monique (IMO: 9311270). In late May 2025,<em> Monique<\/em> loaded and transported Venezuelan oil to Asia. OFAC is designating Full Happy Limited pursuant to E.O. 13850, for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and is identifying Monique as blocked property.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/u-s-adds-more-venezuela-linked-tankers-to-sanctions-list\/\">U.S. adds more Venezuela-linked tankers to sanctions list<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/\">Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Nick Blenkey<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinelog.com\/news\/u-s-adds-more-venezuela-linked-tankers-to-sanctions-list\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-s-adds-more-venezuela-linked-tankers-to-sanctions-list\">Go to marinelog<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. adds more Venezuela-linked tankers to sanctions list The U.S. Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday issued new sanctions on the Venezuelan oil sector that included six shipping companies and six ships associated with them. This has led to media and industry speculation that they could be subject the same sort of seizure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,199,2906,7313,7314,7315,928,1920],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-21757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marinelog","category-news","category-ofac","category-pam-bondi","category-seizure","category-skipper","category-tanker","category-venezuela","tag-marinelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}