Coordinated Campaign Targets Venezuelan Oil Shipments
The United States has seized the motor tanker Olina in the Caribbean, marking the fifth tanker interdicted in recent weeks as part of a coordinated campaign targeting Venezuelan oil shipments and associated sanctions-evasion networks. The operation was carried out by Joint Task Force Southern Spear, with Marines and Sailors launching from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. The seizure follows a series of recent tanker boardings, including the Skipper, Centuries, Bella 1, and Sophia, and is part of an escalating campaign to disrupt Venezuelan oil shipments. This was reported by AeroTime.