Business & Economics
U.S. Boards and Seizes Venezuelan Crude Tanker ‘Skipper’ Hours Before Legal Deadline
On 10 Dec 2025, U.S. Coast Guard commandos fast-roped onto the Guyana-flagged Skipper and diverted its 1.9 m-barrel Venezuelan crude cargo to Texas, marking Washington’s first outright confiscation of Venezuelan oil under Trump’s expanded sanctions regime.