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OFAC adds four shipping companies to Venezuela sanctions list

Written by Marine Log Staff
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The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) last Friday designated four shipping companies that operate in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy as subject to U.S. sanctions. Additionally, OFAC identified nine vessels, some of which transported oil from Venezuela to Cuba, as blocked property owned by the four companies.

“We continue to target companies that transport Venezuelan oil to Cuba, as they are profiting while the Maduro regime pillages natural resources. Venezuela’s oil belongs to the Venezuelan people, and should not be used as a bargaining tool to prop up dictators and prolong oppression,” said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “Maduro relies on the support he receives from the Cuban military and intelligence services to retain his hold on power because he does not have the support of the Venezuelan people.”

The four companies are:

JENNIFER NAVIGATION LIMITED (a.k.a. JENNIFER NAVIGATION LTD.), 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia; Identification Number IMO 4098018 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].

LARGE RANGE LIMITED, 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia; Identification Number IMO 6002286 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].

LIMA SHIPPING CORPORATION (a.k.a. LIMA SHIPPING CORP), 80 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia; Identification Number IMO 4063640 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].

PB TANKERS S.P.A. (a.k.a. PB TANKERS SPA), Via Principe di Belmonte 55, Palermo PA 90139, Italy; Via Jacopo Peri 1, Rome RM 00198, Italy; Website www.pbtankers.com; Email Address info@pbtankers.com; Identification Number IMO 5161787 [VENEZUELA-EO13850].

The vessels added to OFAC’s SDN List are:

ALBA MARINA Floating Storage Tanker Italy flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9151838 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: PB TANKERS S.P.A.).

GOLD POINT Chemical/Oil Tanker Malta flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9506693 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: PB TANKERS S.P.A.).

ICE POINT Chemical/Oil Tanker Italy flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9379337 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: PB TANKERS S.P.A.).

INDIAN POINT Chemical/Oil Tanker Malta flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9379325 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: PB TANKERS S.P.A.).

IRON POINT Chemical/Oil Tanker Malta flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9388209 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: PB TANKERS S.P.A.).

NEDAS Crude Oil Tanker Greece flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9289166 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: JENNIFER NAVIGATION LIMITED).

NEW HELLAS Crude Oil Tanker Greece flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9221891 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: LIMA SHIPPING CORPORATION).

SILVER POINT Chemical/Oil Tanker Malta flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9510462 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: PB TANKERS S.P.A.).

S-TROTTER Oil Products Tanker Panama flag; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9216547 (vessel) [VENEZUELA-EO13850] (Linked To: LARGE RANGE LIMITED).

As a result of OFAC’s action, all property and interests in property of these entities, and of any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by the designated entities, that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all dealings by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of blocked or designated persons.

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