Posted on 03/11/2026 7:50:54 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
Advisory UKMTO #2026
11 March 2026 Total Incident Summary. Reporting period: 28 February 2026 - 11 March 2026. UKMTO has received 17 reports of incidents affecting vessels operating in and around the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz (SOH) and Gulf of Oman. Total attack reports: 13. Total suspicious activity reports: 4. Details of these incident reports are available below.
Attack UKMTO #20
11 March 2026 UKMTO WARNING 020-26 - ATTACK Report Date: 11 Mar 2026 Report Time: 0205UTC Issue Date: 11 Mar 2026 Source: Master UKMTO has received a report of an incident 50NM northwest of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Master of a Bulk Carrier has reported their vessel being hit by an unknown projectile. There is no report of any environmental impact. The crew are reported safe and well. Authorities are investigating. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO.
Attack UKMTO #19
11 March 2026 UKMTO WARNING 019-26 - ATTACK Report Date:11 Mar 2026 Report Time:0435UTC Issue Date: 11 Mar 2026 Source: Company Security Officer UKMTO has received a report of an incident 11NM north of Oman in the Straits of Hormuz. It has been reported that a cargo vessel has been hit by an unknown projectile in the Straits of Hormuz which has resulted in a fire onboard. The vessel has requested assistance and the crew are evacuating the vessel. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO while authorities continue to investigate.
“Feel free! I am always open to correction.”
I did. My corrections falsified your premis.
Before going around Somalia to the Suez Canal, the Captain brought on Israeli Mercenaries with BIG BLACK BAGS of GUNS!!
Thanks. The news source from which I got the 15 miles was obviously wrong by six miles. According to AI:
“Width: The width is generally cited as 21 nautical miles or roughly 33-34 kilometers.
Traffic Lanes: The shipping lanes consist of two 2-mile-wide channels (one inbound, one outbound) separated by a 2-mile-wide”
You apparently got the 6 miles from the two lanes plus the buffer zone.
These big tankers are difficult to maneuver in tight waters. At best, that means one-way traffic only if one lane is blocked until the blockage is removed (during removal there will be no traffic). Maritime insurance will very likely remain very high until both channels are clear.
But let’s say no ships are sunk there, none at all (although one is currently ablaze).
Getting oil production fully back online after a shutdown takes weeks, and repairing damage to storage and port facilities can’t exactly happen overnight. Once all hostilities end, there will be at minimum several weeks before shipping resumes through the Strait, and longer still before prewar levels are reached.
However, a ballistic dirty bomb missile hitting Israel and killing thousands OR the Ford aircraft carrier would have been the worst possible outcome.
In that case BB would have nuked Tehran.
Having Brent crude go up $30/barrel is a short term inconvenience.
The price of gasoline went from $2.63/gallon to $3.40/gallon here. OH MY GOD. That means it is going to cost me $8 MORE to fill up my tank. Holy crap, what am I going to do?
The BIMBO behind me spent more at Starbucks for her coffee.
What are the consequences of Israel using a nuclear bomb against Iran?
Could it be that Pakistan will drop one of their nuclear bombs on Israel? Will North Korea decide they’re going to do something once you start that it’s a chain reaction to total Armageddon.
Sea Sparrow system, MANPAD’s, mini-guns, gun/missile systems like the Tungunska 2K22.
The key is to at least try
Possibly. Also possible Russia will.announce it’s taking Iran under its nuclear umbrella after the first nuke to prevent Israel launching a second. In such case, if Israel was crazy enough to launch a second nuke, we might well be looking at Armageddon. Surely Bibi isn’t that crazy.
“These big tankers are difficult to maneuver in tight waters. At best, that means one-way traffic only if one lane is blocked until the blockage is removed (during removal there will be no traffic).”
Six miles wide. Plus no reason the channel could not be widened. Quit digging.
As of March 10, 2026, yesterday, U.S. Central Command confirmed that U.S. forces destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying boats in the Strait of Hormuz. These precision strikes aimed to neutralize threats to commercial shipping in the critical oil corridor. And that is only the beginning.
Three ship have been hit since the beginning of the war and to my knowledge, none were sunk. The Thailand ship was not an oil tanker. A large chunk, if not all currently, of the oil tankers going through that area are heading for Asia. China is a big trader with Iran.
wy69
Yes, the opening of the proverbial Pandora’s Box.
Thank you for displaying these. To my knowledge, all of the weapons you mentioned are surface to air, not drone or artillery. The 2K22 Tunguska is designed for air defense against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and cruise missiles, but its 30mm autocannons can engage light surface targets like boats but not larger ships or tankers. While it can shoot at small vessels, its missiles are for air targets, and it is vulnerable to main battle tanks, drones, or ship artillery. While it can be used for ground targets, it isn’t set up that way and doesn’t pack the punch.
wy69
No, those would be the ones that sank.
You shouldn't post when drunk, that is DAS comment.
You really don’t understand the geopolitical dynamic here. Pakistan could do that easily, they have already signaled support for Iran and would supply them a bomb.
It seems to me you’re the one digging. You don’t seem to understand the difficulty of steering a huge tanker through a narrow twisting channel — it requires a lot of space to maneuver safely. Think of the turning radius required, for staeters. But I guess you think you know more than Sal:
https://m.youtube.com/@wgowshipping/videos
“A Chinese-owned cargo ship attempting to run the Strait of Hormuz made a complete U-turn this morning after the ship in front of it was attacked by an Iranian USV.”
Link’ https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2031797732562567610
The disabled cargo ship in front of the Chinese one appears to be the Thai ship struck overnight (unless a second ship in that same location was somehow struck since then and not yet reported). The Iranians have been letting Chinese ships through. If there’s enough room in that choke point to maneuver around a disabled ship, why didn’t the Chinese ship do so?
Finally, there must be very good reason they didn’t widen the channel many moons ago. And even if it were possible, how long do you suppose it would take to dredge it out? You could drag away disabled and sunken ships faster (and would have to do so before attempting a dredging operation anyway).
Iran has reportedly been laying mines in the Strait very recently. This has not been confirmed as far as I know so I did not bring that up. But if tgose reports are true, the Strait will have to be demined before towing off disabled ships and salvaging sunken ones.
Sick.
Yeah, I do understand, Pakistan ain’t doing anything nuke or not, when they are tied up with Afghanistan and could be anytime with India.
Any nuke has a signature, if Pakistan ‘gave’ one to Iran, how would Iran get it to Israel? And when it is ID’ed as Pakistani origin, what do you think would happen to Pakistan?
Good news. They’re going bankrupt and running out of manpower and weapons. We don’t have to help Ukraine anymore.
Your misunderstanding is apparently complete.
War is a process, not an event...... to paraphrase bert
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