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UPDATE On US Tanker Seizures in the Caribbean | Six Supertankers Are in US Possession | What Next?
🕑 Added 2026-01-16 17:55:14 +0000 UTCIn this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the seizure of the six supertanker by the United States, MT Veronica, and what is the status of the other five, along with the impact on the global tanker market.
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D Faunt
The seizures will, I suspect, cut down on the incentive to be part of the dark fleet.
Steven Palmer
Not many mariners know of the seized vessel loop hole for domestic service.
