UAE state oil company says vessel attacked in Hormuz Strait

United Arab Emirates’ state-owned oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said on Saturday (August 15, 2026) one of its vessels came under attack in the Hormuz Strait, the latest incident in the waterway at the centre of the U.S.-Iran conflict.

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Tehran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait, a vital shipping route for global energy supplies, carrying out strikes on commercial ships since the war began in February.

The Islamic republic has said it wants to charge users for passage, which Washington fiercely opposes.

ADNOC “confirmed that one of its vessels was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on the evening of Friday, August 14”, according to the official WAM news agency, but reported no injuries.

In its statement, ADNOC stressed the importance of protecting seafarers and safeguarding freedom of navigation and maritime security.

The announcement came a day after the UAE accused Iran of attacking two vessels linked to ADNOC as they passed through the strait.

The UAE Foreign Ministry condemned what it called a “hostile Iranian attack” on the vessels and said no injuries had been reported.

Last week, ADNOC reported that three of its tankers had been attacked in the waterway, while the UAE Foreign Ministry separately announced an attack on another ADNOC tanker a day later.

Continued attacks in the strait, which was free to transit before the Middle East war began, led to the collapse of an April ceasefire between the United States and Iran.

A June deal — meant to serve as a jumping-off point for negotiations on a permanent settlement — had said Iran and Oman, also bordering the waterway, would hash out future arrangements for the strait in discussion with other Gulf countries and “in line with the applicable international law”.

Last week, Iranian security chief Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr set out a series of conditions for reopening the strait fully, including an end to what he described as war against Iran and its regional allies, the lifting of sanctions and compensation for wartime damage.