Tanker with Venezuelan oil runs aground in Indonesian waters

Jakarta (AFP) Dec 9, 2023

A tanker carrying oil from sanctioned Venezuela has run aground near the Singapore strait, according to a ship tracking firm and Indonesian officials. The Cameroon-flagged MT Liberty ship, carrying a cargo of 139,000 tonnes of oil, has been grounded since at least December 2 in Indonesian waters off the Riau Islands, regional naval base commander Anro Casanova said Saturday. The groundin