What kind of tankers are now trading in Venezuela since the US imposed sanctions on vessels lifting crude oil from the country?
The answer: ships that have already been sanctioned, old tonnage operated by little-known names — and, in a new twist, vessels operating under false identities.
Cargo data from analytics company Kpler shows three VLCCs, five suezmaxes, eight aframaxes and one panamax lifted 16m barrels of Venezuelan crude between 1 November and 14 December.
