U.S.-Venezuela: The United States has seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, intensifying President Trump’s ...

The Centuries crude oil tanker, last docked in Venezuela, is seen as it is apprehended by the US Coast Guard on December 20, 2025. Photo by HANDOUT / US SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY KRISTI NOEM’S X ...

The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently left Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland Security. On ...

U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks ...

A White House spokesperson said the tanker contained sanctioned oil. The second tanker is not on a list of vessels sanctioned ...

According to the government communique, this "egregiously criminal act" was made in violation of norms of international law, the maritime navigation convention and the UN Charter ...

US forces intercepted a second oil tanker off Venezuela's coast as President Trump intensifies a blockade on sanctioned ...

The U.S. seized a vessel off Venezuela's coast, the first such seizure since Trump declared a blockade of all Venezuelan oil vessels.

It's the second time in recent weeks that the United States has interdicted a tanker, and it comes amid a large U.S. military build-up in Latin America.

The Coast Guard and other troops boarded the M/T Centuries after it departed Venezuela. It’s the second tanker seized this ...