{"id":470,"date":"2026-11-05T11:33:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T16:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2026-11-05T11:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T16:33:52","slug":"owners-of-seized-russian-oil-tanker-claim-u-s-improperly-sold-ship-for-scrap-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"Owners of seized Russian oil tanker claim U.S. improperly sold ship for scrap metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The owners of a seized Russian oil tanker are contesting the vessel&#x27;s fate in court, claiming U.S. authorities sold the ship to a maritime scrap dealer for well under market value. The move was an &quot;economically irrational&quot; deal designed to block the owners from reclaiming it, their lawyers argue in court papers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/owners-seized-russian-oil-tanker-claim-us-improperly-sold-ship-rcna607631\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News \u2014 Owners of seized Russian oil tanker claim U.S. improperly sold ship for scrap metal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owners of a seized Russian oil tanker are contesting the vessel&#x27;s fate in court,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,380,378,92,165],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","tag-asset-seizure","tag-law","tag-maritime-law","tag-russia","tag-sanctions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}