US forces launch operation to seize fleeing oil tanker

[progressive hunter]

 

[Zincwarrior]

Man thats an ugly ship. Does no one perform routine maintenance any more?

 

[progressive hunter]

Man thats an ugly ship. Does no one perform routine maintenance any more?

thats a side effect of the communist system you so cherish ,,

 

[JGalt]

How many american gas tankers travel from the US to Europe? What if someone hijacks a couple of these ships on the grounds that the crew is violating certain laws, for example, those of Papua New Guinea?
It seems that Grandpa is seriously losing his mind... I'm going to drink my treasured bottle of old cognac before it becomes radioactive.

Chill out Ivan, the tanker isn't even one of yours. It was formerly known as the Bella 1 (or M/V Bella 1), and previously operated under the flags of Guyana and Panama. It's owned by Louis Marine Shipholding Enterprises is based in Turkey, and was only granted temporary authorization to fly the Russian flag. That ship has been under sanctions since mid-2024 for transporting cargo for a company linked to Hezbollah. The ship's Turkish owner, Louis Marine Shipholding Enterprises SA, has also been also accused of having links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

I doubt if your beloved Putin is going to do anything about this, seeing as how he's too busy getting his ass kicked in Ukraine.

 

[1srelluc]

Man thats an ugly ship. Does no one perform routine maintenance any more?

That's what fetal alcohol syndrome gets you.

Jokes aside they all pretty much look like that after a couple years of service....They only get painted every few years.

 

[1srelluc]

 

[Invisibleflash]

U.S. forces moved to seize two tankers on Wednesday, including one that had fled the U.S. blockade of sanctioned vessels near Venezuela and was being escorted by a Russian submarine in the eastern Atlantic, according to U.S. officials.

In the Atlantic, south of Iceland, helicopters and at least one Coast Guard vessel were being used to take control of a tanker formerly known as Bella 1, under the Coast Guard’s law-enforcement authority. The officials said tanker captains and mechanics would be sent on board to operate the ship.

Russia had asked the U.S. to stop pursuing the vessel, according to some of the officials. On Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it was monitoring “with concern” the situation surrounding the tanker, according to state news agency RIA.

—Updates to follow as news develops.

MSN

BJ -
No more pallets of cash, enemies.
No more authorized "small incursions".

It's a new Golden Age of peace through strength, gone are the 12 years of Obama's peace through capitulation.

Huh??

Trump does not care about whining from Russia. Nor Europe begging to leave Greenland alone or South America begging to stop. The USA has turned into the new USSR and there is no one better for the job than Donald J. Trump! This is just how he does business. The only thing that stops Trump is force. No force, then Trump will grab you by the *****!

 

[citygator]

Whoops: “[We] will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent and totally unpredictable.“ - Donald Trump Jan 20, 2025

 

[JGalt]

Whoops: “[We] will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent and totally unpredictable.“ - Donald Trump Jan 20, 2025

We're not at war with anyone but if the rest of theworld want to be world that has been angry, violent and totally unpredictable against us, they'll get to "find out."

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

How many fronts do you think the US can handle at once?
I'm not talking about conflicts with barefoot savages with Kalashnikovs, but at least with countries that are moderately developed in industrial terms.
Although the US doesn't do very well with savages either. So you think it's high time to start picking on Russia?

So, tell us comrade! How would Russia fare against the US when it can't beat tiny little Ukraine?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Whoops: “[We] will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent and totally unpredictable.“ - Donald Trump Jan 20, 2025

What wars? Are they in the room with you right now?

 

[Ringo]

 

[Ringo]