ADNOC L&S Says One of Its Vessels Was Damaged in an Attack in UAE Waters

The company gave few details. It did not name the vessel, say what kind of attack hit it, describe the damage or say whether any crew were injured. In a short statement carried by the state news agency WAM, the company said its specialist teams were responding and that it would publish updates when more information became available. It also asked the public to rely only on official sources and not to spread rumours or unverified information.

The company's statement did not say who carried out the attack.

ADNOC L&S is the listed shipping and maritime logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. The statement puts this incident inside UAE territorial waters on the Gulf side. The attacks ADNOC disclosed earlier in the US-Israeli war on Iran were reported while its ships were transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

In August, ADNOC said more than a dozen of its vessels had been attacked since the war began in February, killing one crew member and wounding 20 others, Asharq Al-Awsat reported at the time. The UAE Foreign Ministry blamed Iran for an attack on an ADNOC vessel that month and called the actions of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps acts of piracy.

Ships are still being hit even as diplomacy gathers pace. Iranian state television said on Monday that 11 tankers had been disabled in the previous 10 days, and maritime agencies said strikes on tankers rose sharply in October and stayed at their highest rate since the conflict began, The National reported. On the same day, US President Donald Trump said further US military action against Iran did not seem necessary and that the war was likely to end "fairly soon".

The UAE's diplomatic adviser, Anwar Gargash, has warned that the region should prepare for a long period of uncertainty without a decisive resolution. ADNOC L&S said it would release more details about the damaged vessel and the response once they are confirmed.