An oil tanker chased by the U.S. Coast Guard paints a Russian flag to evade capture, raising geopolitical tensions and legal ...

The Marinera, which was seized by the U.S., isn’t the only ship from the “shadow fleet” of oil tankers to switch lately to a ...

U.S. forces have intercepted and taken control of a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic after a prolonged ...

The U.S. on Wednesday seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela, including the Russian-flagged Marinera oil tanker formerly ...

LONDON/SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The cost of shipping oil is likely to remain high in the first half of 2026 as the global fleet ages and a rising number of vessels are hit with Western sanctions, ...

An oil tanker seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela this week has shone a light on a technique that experts say so-called dark-fleet ships frequently use to disguise their location. Known ...

The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, six sources ...

The footage in question showed a U.S. Marines training exercise from 2021, not the U.S. military seizing a ship off the coast of Venezuela. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in December 2025 did share ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude. By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Rebecca F.