A bulk carrier was struck by an unknown projectile while operating in the Strait of Hormuz on 14 August 2026. The projectile reportedly impacted the vessel’s hull, although the extent of the resulting damage had not been determined when the incident was reported.

All crew members were confirmed safe and accounted for, while any potential environmental impact remained unknown. UKMTO did not identify the vessel or attribute responsibility for the attack.

The incident adds to a series of recent attacks on commercial shipping in and around Hormuz, further highlighting the continuing risks confronting vessels transiting the strategic waterway.

UKMTO reported that two tankers were struck by uncrewed aerial vehicles while conducting outbound transits of the Strait of Hormuz on 13 August 2026. Both vessels sustained minor damage, with all crew reported safe and no environmental impact.

ADNOC later confirmed that two of its vessels had been attacked while transiting the strait. The UAE blamed Iran and described the incidents as acts of piracy by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, although UKMTO itself made no attribution.

The attacks came amid sharply reduced commercial traffic through Hormuz, reinforcing concerns over maritime security and disruption to Gulf energy exports and shipping.

On 9 August 2026, Yemen’s Ansarallah (Houthis) claimed a drone strike against Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry separately confirmed that a fire occurred at an Aramco facility in Jazan early Sunday and was extinguished without reported injuries, but did not attribute the incident to the Houthis.

The approximately 400,000-barrel-per-day refinery was already recovering from damage following a previous Houthi-claimed attack on 25 July. The extent of any additional damage from the latest incident, and its potential effect on the refinery’s anticipated restart, remain unclear.

Overnight on 8–9 August 2026, Russian forces struck port and fuel infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region, including facilities at Odesa and Chornomorsk.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said the operation used precision-guided weapons and attack drones, targeting fuel-storage facilities, vessels and other port infrastructure. Moscow claimed the targeted facilities were being used to support Ukrainian military operations.

The extent of damage and the status of vessels in the affected ports remain unclear. Russia’s claims regarding the military use of the targeted infrastructure have not been independently verified.

On 8 August 2026, an ADNOC-linked oil tanker was struck by a missile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. ADNOC confirmed that the vessel was hit in the early hours of Saturday and said the situation was brought under control, with no crew members injured.

The UAE Foreign Ministry attributed the strike to Iran and described attacks on commercial shipping as “acts of piracy.” At this stage, however, no publicly available evidence has independently established that Iran was responsible for the strike.

The incident follows a broader series of attacks on Emirati shipping during the current conflict. ADNOC stated a day earlier that 15 of its vessels had previously been struck by missiles or drones, resulting in 20 injuries and one death.

On 3 August 2026, the Turkish-owned, Cameroon-flagged Ro-Ro cargo vessel Nadezhda was struck by a drone approximately 20 nautical miles off Russia’s Black Sea coast near Novorossiysk.

Three crew members were seriously injured and all 22 personnel aboard were evacuated to Russia. The strike caused a fire in the vessel’s bow, which continued burning following the evacuation.

Nadezhda was reportedly sailing from Novorossiysk toward Samsun, Türkiye, when the incident occurred. The party responsible for the drone strike has not been independently established.

Türkiye subsequently expressed concern over attacks affecting civilian shipping and called for measures to protect commercial navigation in the Black Sea.