Chemoil has garnered a court order to seize a VLCC off California in its continuing effort to pressure Greece’s Gulf Marine Management to cough up cash for allegedly unpaid bunker bills.

US District Judge Stephen Wilson, of the federal court in Los Angeles, ordered marshals to attach the 321,000-dwt Chloe (built 2011), according to court records.

Chemoil targeted the tanker in a lawsuit filed last week that aims to obtain security for nearly $1.7m