Milan, 9 January (LaPresse) – According to US officials speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the US Coast Guard boarded the oil tanker Olina and continued to monitor other vessels attempting to evade the US blockade on sanctioned oil tankers travelling to and from Venezuela. The tanker Olina is the fifth vessel boarded by the United States so far. The ship, formerly known as Minerva M, had been sanctioned by the United States for its role in transporting Russian oil.

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