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US military boards third oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean
The Bertha tanker, carrying 1.9 million barrels of Venezuelan crude, was interdicted in the Indian Ocean as part of the 10th U.S. operation targeting sanctioned tankers, Pentagon said.
- On Tuesday, U.S. military forces boarded the Bertha in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea, conducting a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding, U.S. Southern Command said.
- Amid U.S. pressure on Venezuela, at least 16 tankers fled after Maduro's apprehension, leaving only a dozen to pursue, the organization said.
- Tracking data show the vessel received Iranian crude via at-sea transfers to China, linking it to transshipment tactics, according to TankerTrackers.com co-founder Samir Madani.
- The Pentagon said it did not confirm a formal seizure of the vessel and had no further details beyond the Southern Command's post, even as the U.S. continues tanker enforcement efforts.
- Operating in defiance of the quarantine, the vessel attempted to evade, and Venezuela's use of a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers complicates enforcement of global supply chains.
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The US Navy pursued the »Bertha« from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean – then access was made. According to Pentagon, the background is a violation of Donald Trump's oil sanctions.
US forces board third tanker ship in Indian Ocean
WASHINGTON — US forces boarded a third tanker ship in the Indian Ocean that had violated President Donald Trump’s blockade of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean and fled the region, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “From the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, we tracked it and stopped it,” the Pentagon said in a post on X that included a video clip of US forces roping down from helicopters onto the tanker Bertha. “The vessel was operating in defiance of …
The US Armed Forces have carried out an operation to intercept and detain the tanker Bertha, which is under US sanctions, in international waters.
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US Military Boards 3rd Sanctioned Oil Tanker on the Indian Ocean, Pentagon Announces
U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker on the Indian Ocean after it was tracked from the Caribbean Sea, officials announced Tuesday. The Pentagon stated that U.S. military forces boarded the Bertha vessel overnight without incident, according to a post on X. Video footage included in the post shows military helicopters flying around the vessel. “Three boats ran and now all three have been captured,” the Department of War stat…
US boards third Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Indian Ocean
US military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. An organisation that tracks ship movements said the vessel was the only tanker left to pursue after more than a dozen fled the coast of Venezuela following the capture of the South American country’s authoritarian then president, Nicolas Madu…
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