A tanker operated by Venezuelan major PDVSA's PDV Marina unit has been held in Curacao in a debt dispute.

Dutch lawyer Roderik van Hees, of VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne, confirmed to TradeWinds that he had the cargo on board the 99,000-dwt Proteo (built 1993) arrested on behalf of clients.

But he was unable to divulge further details of the case.