US sanctions threat over tankers going to Venezuela unsettles market

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London—The global tanker market is growing anxious as the US is considering imposing additional sanctions on oil tankers that have recently loaded oil from Venezuela, as it seeks to put a stranglehold on the Latin American country’s oil revenues. Several shipping sources said the US government is looking to penalize over 50 tankers that have either loaded from Venezuela or have carried Venezuelan oil via ship-to-ship transfers.