US seizes 7th Venezuela-linked oil tanker
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The Coast Guard boarded and seized the Russian-flagged tanker, originally named Veronica, in a pre-dawn operation in the Caribbean Sea.
The driver of a tanker truck died after it overturned Monday in Bucks County, Pennsylvania State Police said.
The Linn County Regional Hazmat team contained a tanker rollover spill on Highway 1 Wednesday night.
A US Coast Guard ship involved the seizure operation of a Russian flagged oil tanker is now berthed in Aberdeen. The US accused the Marinera of breaking its sanctions by carrying oil for Venezuela, Russia and Iran. The ship, previously known as Bella 1, was boarded while south of Iceland last week in an operation supported by British armed forces.
The driver wasn’t hurt during Monday’s crash but all the gas in the damaged tanker released, state officials said.
A tanker truck just exiting the I-276 branch of the Pa. Turnpike early Monday rolled off the exit and onto its roof, killing one person. NBC10 in Philadelphia reports the rollover crash happened around 1 a.m. on Monday while the truck was navigating the ramp from eastbound I-276 to US 1 in Bensalem, Bucks County.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United States has not yet fulfilled its promise to release two Russian citizens from the crew of the tanker Bella 1 (Mariner), detained by the US military in the Atlantic Ocean. He said this at a press conference, as quoted by Radio Mayak.