LPG Carrier and Another Tanker Targeted in Strait of Hormuz, UK Maritime Body Reports With Delay

The UK Maritime Trade Operations body (UKMTO) said on Monday, October 5, 2026 (13 Mehr 1405) that it had received a delayed report of a fresh incident in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the report, carried by ISNA, a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier heading into the Strait of Hormuz was struck by a projectile. UKMTO also reported a missile attack on another tanker in the same area.

Earlier the same day, UKMTO had reported that a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz had been attacked, part of an earlier bulletin describing four tankers targeted over 48 hours. These incidents extend a series of attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks amid escalating tension between Iran and the United States, a pattern that has sharply driven up war risk insurance costs for vessels on this route.