UKMTO Reports Three Ships Struck in Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said three vessels were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, September 29, identifying them as an oil tanker, a liquefied natural gas tanker and a third vessel. The agency’s reported account did not identify the ships or say where the projectiles came from. The report followed a separate delayed account of a vessel struck on the evening of September 28 while transiting the strait. UKMTO said it received that information from a third party. The impact caused a fire that was later extinguished, and the crew were safe. The agency said no damage assessment had been made and did not identify the vessel or the projectile’s source. The available reporting does not establish whether the September 28 incident is included in the later count of three vessels. Nor does it clarify the circumstances of each reported strike. UKMTO’s account of the earlier incident was based on a delayed report, and the vessel identities and damage assessments remain unknown. The incidents come amid heightened maritime tensions in the strategic waterway, a major route for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.