New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- As geopolitical tensions simmer between US and Venezuela after the capture of the nation's former president Nicolas Maduro, a tanker carrying around 85,000 to 90,000 barrels of oil arrived in Cuba's largest city ,Havana from Mexico on Saturday, 10 January.

According to shipping reports and vessel movements tracked by Bloomberg, the tanker Ocean Mariner was last seen enroute to the Cuban capital at 2.39 p.m. UTC on Friday and was expected to arrive at its destination at 3 a.m.

The vessel departed the Pajaritos Petrochemical complex, operated by state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), in Mexico's Veracruz state on 5 January, AP reported earlier.

The oil shipment from Mexico to the Cuban city comes at a time when US...