Oil tanker incident
Kiku
27 June 2026
Strait of Hormuz
What happened
Kiku was struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, damaging its bridge. All crew were reported safe and no oil leak or other environmental impact was reported.
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- Vessel / facility
- Panama-flagged crude-oil tanker
- Cargo
- More than 2 million barrels of crude oil
- Attack
- Projectile / one-way-attack drone strike; bridge damaged
- Latitude
- 25.7500°
- Longitude
- 56.5500°
Attribution
Attributed to Iran, according to US Central Command
Approximate marker in the Strait of Hormuz; UKMTO initially withheld the vessel name.