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Pacific Island Nation Tells Venezuela ‘That Oil Tanker Isn’t Ours’ Bloomberg 1/14/2021 Lucia Kassai © Bloomberg Oil tankers are seen anchored in the Pacific Ocean as the sun sets in this aerial photograph taken above Long Beach, California, U.S., on Friday, May 1, 2020. The volume of oil on vessels located just offshore the state peaked at 26 million barrels over the weekend, about a quarter of the world's daily consumption, before dropping to 22 million barrels on Monday, according to Paris-based Kpler SAS, which tracks tanker traffic. (Bloomberg) -- The island nat...

Venezuela’s false-flag tankers cause headaches for law-abiding nations By Lucia Kassai on 1/14/2021   The Palau-flagged Ndros, scrapped in Pakistan four years ago, appears to be operating off Venezuela's coast via a tactic called "spoofing." (Bloomberg) --The island nation of Palau says a tanker that recently loaded Venezuelan crude was using a false signal to disguise its identity, potentially putting the Pacific country in the crosshairs of U.S. sanctions.   Palau is asking Venezuela to investigate the vessel that claimed last month to be the Ndros...