The oil supertanker Skipper that was seized by the U.S. near Venezuela this week as part of an increased pressure strategy against President Nicolas Maduro,… Weiterlesen »Supertanker Skipper Seized by US Near Venezuela is Heading to Houston, Sources Say

The seizure of an enormous oil supertanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday is just the beginning of a new phase in the Trump… Weiterlesen »Tanker Seizure Just the Start as Trump Ups Pressure on Venezuela

A five-year legal battle in the UK against major shipping companies involved in a car carrier cartel has concluded with a proposed £54 million (USD… Weiterlesen »Five-Year UK Legal Fight Over Car Carrier Cartel Nears End With $72M Settlement

The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that the March 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge—which killed six highway workers and severed a… Weiterlesen »Loose Wire, Fatal Consequences: NTSB Report Blames Electrical Failure for Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

 A U.S. move this week to seize an oil tanker out of Venezuela is poised to make a bad situation worse for a crisis-stricken Cuba already struggling to source… Weiterlesen »Cuba On Edge as US Seizure of Oil Tanker Puts Supply at Risk

Venezuela faces a fresh financial shock after the US seized a sanctioned oil tanker off its coast, a move that could choke off one of the few… Weiterlesen »US Seizure of Venezuela Oil Tanker Risks Amping Up Economic Pain

Editor’s Note: This is the longest piece gCaptain has ever published. 13,000 words. It’s messy in places, uneven in tone, and intentionally uncompressed—because that’s what a… Weiterlesen »A Week In The Pentagon – Chaos, Complexity and Hope

The U.S. Coast Guard seized the very large oil tanker SKIPPER off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, culminating a three-year enforcement saga involving Iranian oil smuggling… Weiterlesen »U.S. Seizure of Shadow Fleet Tanker ‘Skipper’ Ends Years-Long Sanctions-Evasion Run

The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan… Weiterlesen »After Skipper Seizure, U.S. Prepares Wider Crackdown on Venezuelan Oil Tankers

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sweeping sanctions Thursday targeting three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s wife, a… Weiterlesen »U.S. Treasury Targets Maduro’s Inner Circle and Six Shipping Companies with Sweeping Sanctions