Oil tanker incident
Mombasa and Al Bahiyah
Reported by 14 July 2026
Middle East maritime region
What happened
The Gulf Cooperation Council said attacks on the UAE oil tankers Mombasa and Al Bahiyah killed one crew member and injured several others. This combined marker avoids inventing separate coordinates that were not disclosed.
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- Vessel / facility
- United Arab Emirates oil tankers
- Cargo
- Oil cargoes; quantities not established in the cited source
- Attack
- Attack on two tankers; one death and several injuries reported
- Latitude
- 24.9000°
- Longitude
- 56.9000°
Attribution
Attributed to Iran, according to the Gulf Cooperation Council
Approximate regional marker; precise attack positions were not established in the source reviewed.