Projectile hits VLCC Fujairah Energy, four crew injured
Commodities
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
- Updated Nov 11, 2026 09:54
A projectile struck the Liberia-flagged VLCC MT Fujairah Energy in the Persian Gulf on November 10, injuring four crew members including one Indian seafarer, India's shipping minister said on Wednesday.
Why it matters: The named vessel and the crew injuries add a confirmed casualty count to Tuesday's Gulf shipping attacks, and no source has yet established whether this strike is the ADNOC vessel incident or the UKMTO tanker strike reported the same day.
Data as of Statement by India's Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal, posted November 11, 2026, as reported by Marine Insight and SAFETY4SEA, both read in full in this run. The strike itself is dated November 10, 2026. No attacker has been identified, the extent of damage to the vessel has not been reported, and whether the Fujairah Energy is the vessel in the ADNOC Logistics and Services confirmation or the UKMTO warning of November 10 has not been established. Developing item.
A projectile struck the Liberia-flagged very large crude carrier MT Fujairah Energy while it was transiting the Persian Gulf from Al Ruwais to Dubai on November 10, injuring four crew members, India’s Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said in a statement on Wednesday. One of the injured was an Indian seafarer, who suffered minor injuries and was taken ashore for further medical examination; the remaining 18 crew, including the other five Indian seafarers aboard, were reported safe and accounted for, and Sonowal said the government is in close contact with the ship management company.
No party has claimed the strike and the extent of damage to the vessel has not been reported. The Fujairah Energy report is the third Gulf shipping incident dated November 10 on this site, alongside ADNOC Logistics and Services’ confirmation that one of its vessels was damaged in UAE territorial waters and the UK Maritime Trade Operations report of a tanker struck by an unidentified projectile northeast of Lima, Oman, with all crew safe; no source read in this run establishes whether any of the three reports describe the same vessel.
Sources
- 4 Crew Members Injured Including 1 Indian Seafarer As Projectile Hits VLCC In Persian Gulf - Marine Insight - 2026-11-11
- Four seafarers injured as attacks on vessels continue in the Persian Gulf - SAFETY4SEA - 2026-11-11