Al Dasma on Fire, MT Soyia Hit in Gulf
AI illustrationThree vessels were targeted in the Persian Gulf on October 21, 2026, as attacks spread from the Strait of Hormuz to Iraqi waters in a single day.
The Kuwait Oil Tanker Company tanker Al Dasma caught fire and went adrift about 11 nautical miles west of Bukha on the Omani coast at 0145 UTC. The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency reported it had stopped transmitting AIS. The fire was extinguished and the ship came to anchor; all crew were safe and no environmental damage was reported.
MT Soyia, a tanker managed by Holger Navigation of Athens, was struck by an unknown projectile roughly 30 nautical miles southeast of Al Faw, Iraq, at around 1830 UTC. All crew were safe. Damage was minimal.
Near Basrah Anchorage, a merchant vessel conducting a ship-to-ship transfer was targeted by four projectiles; all four landed in the water and caused no damage.
No party claimed responsibility. The incidents follow two tankers that struck mines in the southern Strait of Hormuz the day before, and the attack on MT ST 3 in the Strait of Hormuz five days earlier, in which all 15 Indian crew were confirmed safe.
Al Dasma on Fire, MT Soyia Hit in Gulf
Interest over time · Strait of HormuzWho's watching
- GB30%
- US30%
- IR19%
- IN8%
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