Tanker Reports Incoming Projectile, Causing Fire, Near Oman Coast

01:39 7.7.2026

United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a shipping security monitor, said late on July 6 that it had received a report of a tanker being hit by an unknown projectile off the coast of Oman, causing a fire.

No injuries or environmental impacts were reported, UKMTO said.

It said the vessel was traveling south of the Strait of Hormuz about 8 nautical miles off of Limah, Oman.

The investigation into the incident was ongoing, it added. No further information was immediately available.

Citing a US official, Axios reported that ⁠Iran’s Islamic ⁠Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) fired at least ⁠two missiles at commercial ships ⁠transiting through the Strait of Hormuz. That report could not immediately be verified.

Tensions remain elevated across the region following the US-Israeli war against Iran amid a fragile cease-fire in the region.

While commercial shipping has resumed through the Strait of Hormuz, security risks remain high both there and in waters off Yemen, where merchant vessels have faced repeated attacks and attempted boardings in recent days.

Iran has threatened to impose fees on ships transiting the strait and has fired upon vessels it said did not coordinate with its authorities. Most of the rest of the world rejects Tehran’s efforts to control traffic in the international waterway.

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