The Bella 1, an oil tanker far larger than any Coast Guard ship, has been fleeing the U.S. blockade of sanctioned vessels ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is holding off on boarding a Venezuela-linked oil tanker as it waits for specialised forces to arrive, ...

Skipper, Centuries, and Bella 1 — for carrying crude or trading with sanctioned entities. These ships are examples of the ...

The White House has ordered US military forces ‍to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a “quarantine” of Venezuelan oil for ...

US is ramping up pressure on Venezuela, ordering military forces to enforce a two-month ‘quarantine’ on Venezuelan oil ...

A US official said the Coast Guard has not given up its pursuit of the tanker, and that there is a judicial seizure order on it.

The move indicates that the Trump administration is using economic rather than military means to increase pressure on ...

EADaily, December 25th, 2025. For the sixth day, the Bella 1 supertanker continues to move away from the US Coast Guard near Venezuela. The sanctioned vessel refuses to stop and take on board the US ...

Trump has ordered a ‘total and complete blockade’ of all U.S.‑sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers entering or leaving the country, ...