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The Sailor tanker seems to be travelling within the course of the UK following a takeover by US forces, in response to monitoring knowledge.

Posting on X, TankerTrackers.com mentioned the vessel is now dealing with east-by-southeast in direction of northern Scotland or Shetland.

The US has efficiently seized the Venezuela-linked Sailor tanker, in response to studies.

An nameless official advised NBC News the US Department of Homeland Security is main the operation with the help from the US army.

The Sailor has been evading US interception since December, when studies recommend the Coast Guard first tried to board and seize it.

Here is a timeline of the vessel’s actions:

• 1 August, 2025: The vessel, then known as the Bella 1, leaves Iran and heads to Venezuela to choose up oil

• 17 December, 2025: Following ramped-up US blockades in Venezuela, the US Coast Guard makes an attempt to board and seize the Bella 1 unsuccessfully because it travels to South America. The boat goes into darkish mode and flees northwards

• 1 January, 2026: The Bella 1 reappears on maritime trackers within the Atlantic between North America and Europe

• 6 January, 2026: US army reportedly tracks the vessel 500 miles off the coast of Ireland

Downing Street has refused to touch upon studies that the US is seizing a Venezuela-linked oil tanker which is travelling off British waters.

No 10 mentioned it will not touch upon hypothesis, or the makes use of of British army bases by third events.

Flight monitoring web sites confirmed US particular operations plane have touchdown at a Scottish airport, Wick John O’Groats, earlier than flying additional north in direction of Iceland on Wednesday.

The U-28A plane are utilized by the US Air Force’s particular operations command and are used for intelligence-gathering and co-ordinating different plane.

P8 Poseidon submarine-hunting plane and KC-135 refueling planes have additionally been seen on flight monitoring web sites, heading to the world close to the tanker.

The US has mentioned it’s finishing up an operation to grab the Marinera tanker.

An official confirmed the plans to CBS News on Wednesday.

Russian state media has posted an image of what it claims to be a helicopter making an attempt to land on the Sailor amid studies US forces are trying to “seize” the tanker.

The Independent couldn’t instantly confirm the report.

US forces are additionally trying to grab a second tanker linked to Venezuela in Latin American waters, in response to the Reuters information company.

The report, which Reuters says has come from three officers, comes after sources mentioned the US army and Coast Guard is fronting an operation to grab the Sailor vessel regardless of studies of a Russian escort.

The US is trying to grab a Venezuelan oil tanker the Sailor following a greater than two-week lengthy pursuit throughout the Atlantic, a US official has advised the Reuters information company.

The official, who was talking on situation of anonymity, mentioned the operation is being carried out by the Coast Guard and US army.

The US Coast Guard has continued to path the Sailor into the Eastern Atlantic, the place it’s now crusing about 300 miles south of Iceland towards the North Sea, in response to the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing AIS positioning.

The tanker has been evading interception for the reason that US Coast Guard tried to board and seize it in December, following Washington’s blockade of sanctioned oil shipments to and from Venezuela.