US Coast Guard Intercepts Ship Bound for Cuba Loaded with Hidden Fuel Cargo
Coast Guard officials said the 300-foot tanker used dark fleet tactics and was seized with Mexican authorities.
- On Friday, the United States Coast Guard announced the interception of the 300-foot tanker "Grace" in the Caribbean Sea on September 5 after the vessel used "dark fleet" maneuvers to evade authorities.
- The seizures occur amid the Trump administration's ongoing fuel blockade on Cuba, aimed at changing the government but causing severe fuel shortages and prolonged power outages affecting water, lighting, and communications.
- Authorities brought the "Grace" to Progreso, Mexico, where a Mexican Navy inspection team confirmed large quantities of fuel in ballast tanks; the Coast Guard previously seized the "Jaira Provider" on June 28 carrying more than 200,000 gallons.
- "The high seas are not a sanctuary for lawlessness," said Adm. Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, warning that dark fleet actors employing deceptive tactics will not evade justice.
- Coast Guard cutters continue patrolling waters off Cuba to enforce the Trump administration's crippling oil embargo, bringing every capability to bear to interdict vessels and uphold international law.
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The U.S. Coast Guard has reportedly intercepted a ship with a fuel supply for Cuba.
Washington and New York. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed yesterday that in early September it intercepted, boarded and took control of a vessel in international waters, which, it claims, transported oil to Cuba and then escorted it to Puerto Progreso, Mexico, where an inspection by the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) confirmed that the ship was loaded with “big quantities” of fuel.
The United States Coast Guard has announced the interception of a vessel transporting fuel to Cuba, in violation of the oil embargo imposed on the country.
US Coast Guard intercepts ship bound for Cuba loaded with hidden fuel cargo
The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it intercepted a cargo ship in the Caribbean last month that was carrying fuel bound for Cuba, the latest move in a Trump administration campaign to cut off oil supplies to the Cuban government.
For months, the US has been preventing the supply of oil and fuel from other countries to Cuba. The islanders suffer from the blockade. A few weeks ago, a ship tried to smuggle fuel into the socialist island state using shadow fleet methods.
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