US seizes Venezuela oil tanker: How did the ship manage to keep its location hidden? Multiple trips to Iran reported

The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday that may have attempted to conceal its location by broadcasting false position data, according to an analysis of satellite imagery and photographs by The New York Times. While US officials did not publicly identify the vessel, one source told The Times that it was nameda Skipper. The ship’s transponder showed it anchored near Guyana and Suriname, but analysis revealed that from late October to at least December 4, it was actually hundreds of miles off the coast of Venezuela. Data from TankerTrackers indicates that the vessel has regularly transported oil from countries subject to US sanctions, as cited by the NYT. Tracking records show that over the past two years, the ship made multiple voyages to b