The US military has announced its forces have boarded yet another santioned oil tanker, the Bertha. Under the jurisdiction of the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM),forces conducted an overnight"right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding" of the vessel.
The Department of War said the Bertha was "operating in defiance ofPresident Trump’s established quarantineof sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean". It wrote on X: "From the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, we tracked it and stopped it. No other nation has the global reach, endurance, or will to enforce sanctions at this distance.
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Three boats ran and now all three have been captured.Overnight, U.S. forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the Bertha without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility. The vessel was operating in defiance of President Trump’s…pic.twitter.com/YoHlb9v54p
"International waters are not a refuge for sanctioned actors. By land, air, or sea, our forces will find you and deliver justice. The Department of War will deny illicit actors and their proxies freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain."
At least eight oil tankers have been seized by the US since last year, amid the president's plan to crack down on the supply of Venezuelan oil.
In December,Trump ordered a "blockade" of sanctionedoil tankers entering and leaving the South American country. This caused its oil exports to drop sharply as only ships associated with Chevron and bound for the US could operate as normal.
Experts said in January that loadings had fallen by around 50% to 400,000 barrels per day.
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