SHIPPING activity in the Strait of Hormuz has been affected by the war in the Middle East, with tankers avoiding the route for fear of being attacked by Iran. This has tightened global fuel supply, exacerbating inflation concerns and boosting demand for the US dollar as a safe-haven asset.AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEPublished on: 07 May 2026, 18:15 Seven Filipino seafarers were injured after their vessel was struck in a suspected drone attack in the Strait of Hormuz, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.DMW chief Hans Leo Cacdac said four Filipino crew members suffered only minor injuries, while three others are being closely monitored in the intensive care unit. The seafarers sustained burns and inhaled gas after an explosion triggered by the attack.“All seafarers are okay. They are alive. They survived the attack. However, they suffered injuries one way or another,” he said.Cacdac said that, based on their records, the vessel involved was a Malta-flagged ship and that it was attacked around 5 May. Conditions monitoredThe DMW confirmed that it is coordinating assistance for the injured crew members and monitoring their condition following the incident, which reports attributed to an Iranian drone strike on a commercial vessel traversing the strategic waterway.Meanwhile, Cacdac said that over 1,400 Filipino seafarers have already safely left the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters as tensions in the Middle East persist.He also noted that the government has eased rules on crew changes after a ceasefire was put in place, allowing replacement crews for seafarers who have completed their contracts or are suffering from fatigue or post-traumatic stress.

UKMTO has received a report of an incident within the Strait of Hormuz. A verified source reported a cargo vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile. Environmental impact is unknown at time of report. Vessels are advised to report any suspicious activity to UKMTO, whilst authorities investigate.

# Confirmed Incidents — Strait of Hormuz and the Middle East **Source:** IMO **As at:** 8 May 2026 - **Confirmed incidents:** 33 - **Confirmed seafarer fatalities:** 10 | Date | Ship Name (IMO Number) | Location | Description | |---|---|---|---| | 6 May | HASNA (IMO 9212917) | Gulf of Oman | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 5 May | CMA CGM SAN ANTONIO (IMO 9294173) | 30 NM north east of Dibba Al-Fujairah, UAE | Damaged. No pollution. Eight seafarers injured. | | 3 May | TMO BARAKAH (IMO 9902615) | 78NM north of Fujairah, UAE | Damaged. No pollution. Vessel abandoned. | | 3 May | MINOAN FALCON (IMO 9605841) | 11NM west of Sirik, Islamic Republic of Iran | Damaged. No pollution. | | 22 April | EUPHORIA (IMO 9235828) | 8NM west of Islamic Republic of Iran | Minor damage. No pollution. No injuries. | | 22 April | MSC FRANCESCA (IMO 9401116) | 15NM north east of Oman | Damaged. No pollution. Vessel detained. | | 22 April | EPAMINONDAS (IMO 9153862) | 15NM north east of Oman | Damaged. No pollution. Vessel detained. | | 19 April | TOUSKA (IMO 9328900) | 45 NM southeast of Chabahar, Islamic Republic of Iran | Damaged. No pollution. Vessel seized. | | 18 April | CMA CGM EVERGLADE (IMO 9894985) | 22NM North of Kumzar, Oman | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 18 April | SANMAR HERALD (IMO 9330563) | 19NM North of Kumzar, Oman | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 7 April | GOLD AUTUMN (IMO 9220483) | 112NM south east of Ras Al | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 7 April | QINGDAO STAR (IMO 9318163) | 25NM south of Kish Island, Islamic Republic of Iran | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 1 April | AQUA 1 (IMO 9573660) | 17NM north of Ras Laffan, Qatar | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 30 March | AL SALMI (IMO 9534793) | 31NM NW of Dubai, UAE | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 28 March | SUNNY 77 (IMO 8357368) | Near Duqm, Oman | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 19 March | HALUL 50 (IMO 9602796) | 4NM east of Ras Laffan, Qatar | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 16 March | GAS AL AHMADIAH (IMO 9849629) | 23NM east of Fujairah, UAE | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 12 March | SOURCE BLESSING (IMO 9243198) | 35NM north of Jebel Ali, UAE | Damaged. No pollution. No injuries. | | 11 March | ZEFYROS (IMO 9515917) | Near Khor Al Zubair Port, Iraq | Attack on SAFESEA VISHNU caused collateral damage (fire). No injuries. | | 11 March | SAFESEA VISHNU (IMO 9327009) | Near Khor Al Zubair Port, Iraq | Impact caused fire. One seafarer fatality. | | 11 March | STAR GWYNETH (IMO 9301031) | 50NM north-west of Dubai | Damage to cargo holds and forecastle. No injuries. | | 11 March | MAYUREE NAREE (IMO 9323649) | 11NM north of Oman | Fire on board. Three seafarer fatalities. | | 11 March | ONE MAJESTY (IMO 9424912) | 25NM north-west of Ra's al Khaymah, UAE | Hull damage. No injuries. | | 7 March | ARABIA III (IMO 8771332) | Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia | One seafarer injured. | | 6 March | MUSSAFAH 2 (IMO 9522051) | 6NM north of Oman | Four seafarer fatalities. Three severely injured. | | 5 March | SONANGOL NAMIBE (IMO 9325049) | 30NM south east of Mubarak Al Kabeer, Kuwait | Hull breach. No injuries. | | 4 March | SAFEEN PRESTIGE (IMO 9593517) | 2NM north of Oman | Sunk. Oil slick detected. No injuries. | | 3 March | GOLD OAK (IMO 9806342) | 7NM east of Fujairah, UAE | Steel plating damage. No injuries. | | 3 March | LIBRA TRADER (IMO 9562673) | 10NM east of Fujairah, UAE | Minor damage. No injuries. | | 1 March | STENA IMPERATIVE (IMO 9666077) | At Berth, Port of Bahrain | One shipyard worker fatality. Two shipyard workers seriously injured. | | 1 March | HERCULES STAR (IMO 9916135) | 17 NM NW of Mina Saqr, UAE | Fire on board. No injuries. | | 1 March | MKD VYOM (IMO 9284386) | 52 NM NW of Muscat, Oman | One seafarer fatality. | | 1 March | SKYLIGHT (IMO 9330020) | 5 NM N of Khasab, Oman | Four seafarers injured. One seafarer fatality. One seafarer missing. |

MANILA, Philippines — Seven Filipino seafarers were injured after the Maltese-flagged container ship CMA CGM San Antonio was struck in a reported Iranian drone attack on Tuesday, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)said Thursday. Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said all seven Filipino crew members survived the attack but sustained injuries and are now receiving medical attention in hospitals. “All seafarers are okay. They are alive. They survived the attack,” Cacdac said in a briefing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City. Article continues after this advertisement “Four of them have relatively minor injuries, while three are in more serious condition and are being closely monitored,” he added. The incident occurred while the ship was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic maritime passage known for heavy commercial traffic and past disruptions linked to broader Iran–United States tensions. He said the vessel had been reported in some international media as a French ship, but Philippine records identify it as a Maltese-flagged container vessel. The seafarers were later taken off the vessel and brought to hospitals for treatment. Their exact locations were not disclosed. Cacdac said Philippine embassy officials and a labor attaché are monitoring their condition and have already made contact with them through hospital authorities. /gsg   Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Your subscription has been successful.

Attack on French Cargo Ship Highlights Continued Risks in Strait of Hormuz U.S. Central Command and the ship’s owner disagreed on whether the vessel coordinated safe passage with the United States military. By Peter Eavis May 6, 2026 The attack on a French cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday was a stark reminder that crossing the waterway remains a risky endeavor with potentially high human costs. The International Maritime Organization, a part of the United Nations, said the strike injured eight crew members on the San Antonio, a container ship belonging to CMA CGM, a large French shipping company. Iran has attacked ships attempting to cross the strait without its permission. The strike on the San Antonio occurred before President Trump paused a large-scale military effort, called Project Freedom, that began this week to protect commercial ships that want to go through the strait. The U.S. military and CMA CGM disagreed over whether the San Antonio had coordinated with Project Freedom. A U.S. military official said the French ship did not follow specific Project Freedom guidelines and check-in procedures, adding that when the vessel came under fire, it asked Oman for help, not the United States. But CMA CGM said in a statement that the ship’s transit through the strait “was carried out as part of” Project Freedom. It added that the voyage was done “in coordination” with the U.S. Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping and “in strict accordance with the required guidelines and procedures.” The Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping is a U.S. Navy entity that monitors and coordinates with commercial ships. CMA CGM said that the injured crew members had been evacuated and provided with medical care. Iran’s attacks on shipping have led to a sharp reduction in the number of tankers and other vessels going through the strait. This has cut the supply of oil and natural gas to the world, leading to sharply higher prices for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Iran has used its stranglehold on the strait as a strategic card in its negotiations with the United States. An end to the conflict would most likely include steps to quickly reopen the strait, to get the oil and gas flowing again. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said Wednesday that his government was reviewing an American plan to end the war, hours after President Trump put pressure on Iran to agree to a deal to end the war by renewing the threat of taking military action against the country. U.S. Central Command said two commercial ships flying the American maritime flag made it through the strait on Monday under Project Freedom, which started the same day. But Mr. Trump said Tuesday evening in a social media post that he was pausing protection for a short time to see whether an agreement to end the war could be reached. Rosemary Kelanic, a director at Defense Priorities, a research organization focused on foreign affairs, said Project Freedom sought to convince shipping companies that it was now safer to go through the strait. “Then Iran immediately disproved that notion by attacking the ship,” she said, referring to the San Antonio. The International Maritime Organization said 32 ships have been attacked since the war began, leading to the deaths of 10 seafarers. CMA CGM, based in Marseilles, France, has more than 650 ships in its fleet and had over $50 billion in revenue last year. Another company vessel, the Everglade, was attacked last month, according to the maritime organization. Jacqueline Smith, a maritime coordinator at the International Transport Workers’ Federation, a union that represents mariners, said the San Antonio should not have attempted to cross the strait because of the risks to its crew. Ms. Smith said the union’s position was that “no seafarer, no vessel, should be asked to transit the Strait of Hormuz without a full guarantee of safety.” France’s defense ministry said on Wednesday that it was sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the Red Sea ahead of a potential deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Charles de Gaulle, an aircraft carrier that is the French Navy’s flagship vessel, was passing through the Suez Canal, the ministry said in a statement, to be able to help secure freedom of navigation if a deal is reached. Before the war, ships could sail through the Strait of Hormuz without permission of any country. During the conflict, Iran has sought to project itself as a controller of which vessels can make the passage. This week, Iran attempted to formalize that role by telling shipping companies that they had to fulfill requirements set by an Iranian agency called the Persian Gulf Strait Authority. On Wednesday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy suggested in a post on X that it expected to retain control over which vessels could pass through the strait. In the post, Iran’s navy said that it would be able to guarantee safe passage to vessels complying with its rules when the American threat was “neutralized.” No ships went through the strait on Wednesday, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Before the war, around 130 vessels made the passage daily.

PARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - A CMA CGM container ship struck by a missile in the Strait of Hormuz in early May is so ​badly damaged that the French shipping group may send ‌it for scrapping, its chief executive said on Friday. The attack on the CMA CGM San Antonio injured several members of the crew, who ​were evacuated. The ship is one of dozens of ​commercial vessels to be struck during the Iran war. "It ⁠was so damaged that we're wondering whether we should send ​it for scrapping," CMA CGM's Chairman and CEO Rodolphe Saade ​told a business conference in southern France. After being stranded in the strait for weeks, the San Antonio has been escorted to safety, he added, ​without giving further details. The group does not plan for now ​to start sending ships towards the Gulf again, he said, adding it was ‌the ⁠Iranian side that was currently advising not to do so. Saade, who controls CMA CGM with other family members, reiterated his opposition to transit fees for using the Hormuz strait, which are ​among unresolved issues ​in U.S.-Iranian peace ⁠talks. CMA CGM, the world's third-largest container shipping line, had 14 ships inside the Gulf at the start ​of the Iran war that virtually closed the ​waterway. Several ⁠have since exited the zone and of the remaining vessels CMA CGM would like another four to come out, Saade said. The ⁠CEO indicated ​in a French press interview this ​week that some of its vessels there are intended to operate inside the ​Gulf. Reporting by Gus Trompiz and Dominique Vidalon, Editing by Louise Heavens