Imagery Image Shows First Venezuelan Oil Ship Seized by American Authorities is Now Near the Texas Coast.

Satellite imagery and vessel monitoring information has verified that the oil tanker named Skipper – the initial vessel apprehended by the US for reportedly transporting embargoed crude from the Venezuelan regime – is currently off the coast of the state of Texas.

A satellite firm's satellite imagery from 21 December indicates the tanker is near Galveston, while AIS ship-tracking feeds from MarineTraffic presently positions the Skipper about 50 miles offshore.

The Skipper was taken into custody by American officials on the tenth of December and has been blacklisted by multiple nations. When it was intercepted, it was falsely flying the flag of Guyana.

This interception was followed by the capture of a second tanker, the Centuries tanker. This ship – unlike the Skipper – was not yet under sanctions when it was taken into American control.

American agencies are now pursuing a third vessel, which has been identified by the risk management group a risk firm as the Bella 1 tanker. President Donald Trump stated recently that “it will ultimately be secured”.

Writing on X, the maritime monitoring group noted the Bella 1 has been “in transit for 39 days” and, at an typical pace of 11 nautical miles per hour, may have “another 28 to 35 days of diesel remaining unless her velocity drops”.

The group added the tanker is “probably heading in a southeasterly direction towards the South African coast”.