The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke within the Strait of Hormuz, March 11, 2026.
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Three vessels off Iran’s coast have been struck by projectiles, the UK Maritime Commerce Operations middle mentioned on Wednesday, the most recent in a flurry of incidents reported in or close to the Strait of Hormuz.
One of many ships reported it had been struck 11 nautical miles north of Oman within the Strait of Hormuz, inflicting a hearth onboard and forcing the crew to evacuate, the UKMTO mentioned, with out figuring out the vessels.
Two different incidents had been additionally reported on Wednesday morning, with one vessel struck by a projectile about 50 nautical miles northwest of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and one other sustaining harm off the coast of the UAE.
The UKMTO urged vessels within the space to transit with warning and report any suspicious exercise whereas authorities proceed to research.
Thailand’s navy mentioned a Thailand-flagged container ship with 23 folks onboard had been attacked whereas transiting the Strait of Hormuz, based on Reuters. Pictures confirmed black smoke billowing from the Mayuree Naree vessel.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards later mentioned that they had fired on the vessel within the waterway, Reuters reported, citing the semiofficial Tasnim information company.
Infographic with a map of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz exhibiting assaults on business vessels between February 28 and March 11 at 1200 GMT
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Delivery site visitors by way of the strategically important Strait of Hormuz has floor to a close to standstill because the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on Feb. 28. Iran has retaliated by concentrating on ships attempting to cross by way of the strait, with a number of incidents reported in latest days.
The waterway is a slender maritime hall that connects the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Roughly 20% of world oil and fuel sometimes passes by way of it.
U.S. forces sank a number of Iranian ships on Tuesday, together with 16 minelayers, close to the Strait of Hormuz, based on U.S. Central Command.
The replace adopted an earlier announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump that mentioned if Iran had put any mines within the waterway, “we wish them eliminated, IMMEDIATELY!”
The UKMTO mentioned it had acquired 17 reviews of incidents affecting vessels working in and across the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman between Feb. 28, when the conflict started, and March 11. These embrace 13 assault reviews and 4 reviews of suspicious exercise.
“Iran’s speedy and in depth retaliation towards delivery and regional vitality, port and financial infrastructure has severed a significant artery in international provide chains, because the movement of oil, refined merchandise, LNG and chemical compounds grinds to a close to halt,” Torbjorn Soltvedt, principal Center East analyst in danger intelligence firm Verisk Maplecroft, mentioned Wednesday in a be aware.
“Further assaults towards ships in and across the Strait of Hormuz in a single day underscore that Iran nonetheless presents a really actual menace to delivery,” he added.
