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The ship had loaded 1.8 million barrels of crude oil at Venezuela’s Jose terminal and had been signaling its destination as Malaysia at the point it was intercepted, one of the officials said.
Saturday was extremely calm at sea, and the smugglers - adept at studying the weather forecasts - were quick to load large groups of people onto overloaded dinghies.
From BBC
Not surprisingly, customers saw the distance they could go between charges decrease dramatically when they towed heavy loads, such as boats or RVs.
Those measures could include loading more fuel, finding alternate routes or delaying departures.
A stalled job market meets a higher debt load meets an unreachable housing ladder.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
