Today, OFAC added the following companies:
ADAMANT MARITIME LTD, Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH 96960, Marshall Islands; Identification Number IMO 5869890 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].
AFRANAV MARITIME LTD, Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH 96960, Marshall Islands; Identification Number IMO 6063849 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].
SANIBEL SHIPTRADE LTD, Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH 96960, Marshall Islands; Identification Number IMO 4124196 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].
SEACOMBER LTD, 94 Poseidonos Avenue & 2, Nikis Street, Glyfada, Athens 166 75, Greece; Identification Number IMO 4217141 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].
and cargo vessels:
ATHENS VOYAGER Crude Oil Tanker Panama flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9337391 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: AFRANAV MARITIME LTD).
CHIOS I Crude Oil Tanker Malta flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9792187 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: SEACOMBER LTD).
SEAHERO Crude Oil Tanker Bahamas flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9315642 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: ADAMANT MARITIME LTD).
VOYAGER I Crude Oil Tanker Marshall Islands flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9233789 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: SANIBEL SHIPTRADE LTD).
to its Venezuela-related sanctions program.
And the State Department issued the following statement:
The United States Targets Maritime Entities for Supporting Illegitimate Maduro Regime in the Venezuela Oil Trade
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Today the United States imposed sanctions against four companies for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy. These companies are transporting oil that was effectively stolen from the Venezuelan people. Theft of Venezuela’s oil assets for the benefit of the illegitimate regime of Nicolas Maduro is unconscionable, and those that facilitate this theft risk losing access to the U.S. financial system.
Maduro’s corrupt regime is directly responsible for the political, economic, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. The international community should increase pressure against the Maduro regime until it relinquishes its illegitimate hold on power. The United States will continue to increase pressure on Maduro and his enablers until a democratic transition begins.
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