India's Shipping Minister Says Tanker Carrying 15 Indian Crew Was Hit by a Projectile in Hormuz, No Injuries Reported

Sarbananda Sonowal, India's shipping minister, said in a post on X that the tanker MT ST3, carrying 15 Indian crew, was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, 16 October 2026 (24 Mehr 1405), and that no one was injured. He said the tanker Yara G, with 9 Indian seafarers, had earlier been hit in a drone attack near the Romanian coast on 14 October (22 Mehr). All 24 Indian nationals on the two vessels are safe, and the Indian government is in close contact with the operating companies.

Fars, citing an open-source intelligence (OSINT) account, wrote that the vessel is a very large crude carrier owned by a UAE company and was hit at about 17:45 GMT (21:15 Tehran time) the same day. No other official has confirmed the OSINT account, and the origin of the projectile has not been stated. Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz are among the supply risks for the oil market; Brent traded around $106 on Friday, 16 October.