Fire
Oil tanker incident
Al Dasma — projectile strike west of Bukha; fire extinguished
21 October 2026 · NAVAREA notice 01:45 UTC; later status update
West of Bukha, Oman, Strait of Hormuz
Map
26.1503, 55.9350
What happened
NAVAREA IX 393/26, reproduced by Sealagom, identified Al Dasma following a security incident causing fire and drifting west of Bukha. Clearwater identified IMO 9653446. Later UKMTO reporting carried by AFP and Clearwater said an unknown projectile struck the tanker, the fire was extinguished and the vessel was at anchor, with all crew safe and no environmental impact reported at that time. The later account supersedes the initial fire-and-drifting status; it does not verify cargo loss or establish the attacking party. Actual-vessel archive imagery was found on ShipSpotting under the same IMO, but reuse permission was not verified, so the source photo page is linked rather than embedded. Archive imagery is not evidence of damage.
When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.
- Vessel / facility
- Kuwait-flagged crude/oil-products tanker; IMO 9653446 per Clearwater
- Cargo
- Actual cargo, loading condition and released volume not disclosed
- Attack
- Unknown projectile; attacker not established
- Weather context
- Loading…
- Latitude
- 26.1503°
- Longitude
- 55.9350°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
Reported position in reproduced NAVAREA IX 393/26: 26°09.02′N, 055°56.10′E, approximately 11 nautical miles west of Bukha; not a live vessel position.
Sources
- NAVAREA IX 393/26 — Al Dasma security incident and reported positionNAVAREA IX, reproduced by Sealagom · Incident confirmation
- Al Dasma IMO identification and UKMTO status updateClearwater Dynamics · Vessel / cargo detail
- UKMTO reports fire extinguished, vessel anchored and crew safeThe Times Kuwait, citing UKMTO · Incident confirmation
- Al Dasma — IMO 9653446 archive photograph; reuse not verifiedShipSpotting · Vessel / cargo detail