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Today — 17 January 2026Main stream

U.S. Boardings of Oil Tankers Reflect Hard Lessons Learned at Sea

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By: John Ismay
17 January 2026 at 06:59
Videos show U.S. forces descending quickly from helicopters onto the tankers, two years after a tragic boarding attempt.

© Russell Cheyne/Reuters

The oil tanker Marinera, previously known as Bella 1, was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and seen off the coast of Scotland this week.
Yesterday — 16 January 2026Main stream

U.S. Forces Seize Sixth Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Christiaan Triebert， Nicholas Nehamas and John Ismay
16 January 2026 at 05:55
The Coast Guard boarded and seized the Russian-flagged tanker, originally named Veronica, in a pre-dawn operation in the Caribbean Sea.

© US Southern Command, via Reuters

An image from video released by the U.S. military showing the oil tanker Galileo, previously named Veronica, in the Caribbean on Thursday.
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