US seizes Olina tanker in Caribbean, fifth vessel taken in Venezuela blockade


REUTERS

WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. has seized ‌the Olina tanker in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington ‌steps up efforts to curb Venezuelan oil exports, U.S. officials said on Friday.

The Olina, which according ‌to public shipping database Equasis was falsely flying the flag of Timor Leste, previously sailed from Venezuela and had returned to the region, said an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter.

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