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For the time being, the US did not declare any blockade. It is simply seizing vessels that are part of the "shadow fleet". The particular oil tanker that was se
by credit_guy 10mo ago
For the time being, the US did not declare any blockade. It is simply seizing vessels that are part of the "shadow fleet". The particular oil tanker that was seized recently was flying under a Guyanese flag. Guyana, by the way, is Venezuela's neighbor, and about a year ago Maduro was thinking of invading it. Guess what, Guyana said they have no idea why that tanker is flying their flag, so technically speaking the ship was flying a false flag, therefore under the UN Convention of the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) the vessel could be boarded, inspected and seized.
- woooooo 10mo agoIsn't it completely standard for international shipping to fly random flags? Ive never understood exactly why but I think its common?
- daviddever23box 10mo agoRandom to third parties, yet not random to the nation in question nor the crew of the ship....
- amenhotep 10mo agoThis is a bit like saying "isn't it completely standard for cars to have random meaningless characters on their number plates"?
- vkou 10mo agoThe rules for ships are a bit different for rules for cars. There's a number of countries (some of them land-locked) that sell flags of convenience, but in that particular case, it's possible that didn't happen.
- foogazi 10mo agoHint: they’re not random
- throwup238 10mo agoThey’re not random, they’re called “flags of convenience” since the ship is subject to the laws of the country where it is registered, including labor laws and safety standards. Panama and Liberia are common flags for merchant ships because they make it cheap to register, exempt the ship from some taxes, and hire foreign labor.
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- woooooo 10mo agoThanks!
- defrost 10mo agoAs completely standard as it is for companies choose to register in Delaware. What's a problem is companies that claim to be registered in Delaware when Delaware records show no such registration.
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- cr1895 10mo agoThe vessel was flying under a Guyanese flag but was not registered there. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/oil-tanker-seized-by-us-near-venezuela-was-falsely-flying-guyana-flag-government-2025-12-11/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/oil-tanker-seized-by-...
- nradov 10mo agoBullshit. If a ship is legally registered with any sovereign country, including Liberia, then it is entitled to fly that country's flag. Nothing false about it. However the M/V Skipper was not registered in Guyana. It was flying a false flag and so any country was free to seize it.
- clanky 10mo agoWhy was the ship flying a Guyanese flag rather than a Venezuelan one in the first place?
- nradov 10mo agoYou'll have to ask the M/T Skipper's master about why he was flying a false Guyanese flag. I understand that he has been detained so that may come out during the investigation. The vessel had never been registered in Venezuela so there would have been no reason to fly that flag.
- cmurf 10mo agoThe POTUS declared a blockade yesterday on social media. https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/34245 https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/34245