Bella-1 Seizure

The seizure of the oil tanker Marinera, formerly known as Bella 1, and its prolonged standoff off the coast of Scotland has become one of the most significant

The captain of a Venezuela-linked crude oil tanker seized by the U.S. this month has been taken from British territorial waters and is now aboard a U.S. Coast

An oil tanker sailing under the flag of Russia arrived in UK territorial waters — days after it was seized in the Atlantic Ocean by US

U.S. authorities boarded and seized the oil tanker Olina in Caribbean waters on Friday, marking the fifth such interception in recent weeks as Washington

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the January 7 seizure of the oil tanker Marinera in international waters of the North Atlantic by U.S.

For more than two weeks, the oil tanker formerly known as Bella 1 has been on the run. Now, as the vessel — hastily re-registered in Russia and

A rusting oil tanker and a can of paint have just sparked the most surreal maritime standoff of the decade. Paul Morgan (gCaptain) – For nearly two

Russia has formally requested that the United States cease its pursuit of an oil tanker fleeing Coast Guard vessels in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the New

The White House has ordered U.S. military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a

The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been

The U.S.-blacklisted tanker Bella 1, reportedly targeted by U.S. forces near Venezuela this weekend, carries a sanctions history that stretches far beyond