Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates — a key export hub that allows shipments to bypass the Iran-blocked Strait of Hormuz — came under attack attributed to Iran.
Local Middle East outlets reported that on the morning of the 14th (local time), one or two Iranian Shahed drones struck oil storage tanks at Fujairah port, igniting a fire.
Bloomberg said the incident partially halted oil-loading operations at the port.
Fujairah authorities reported that debris from an intercepted drone fell and started a fire. Emergency crews responded, and no casualties were reported.
On the 3rd, debris from a downed drone also fell in Fujairah’s oil industrial zone, triggering a separate fire.
Fujairah port sits on the Gulf of Oman, which opens into the Indian Ocean outside the Strait of Hormuz. It is linked by the onshore ADCOP pipeline to Abu Dhabi oilfields across roughly 400 km (about 250 miles).
That pipeline can carry up to 1.8 million barrels of crude per day directly to Fujairah port, with most shipments bound for Asia and Europe.
A day earlier, U.S. forces struck military facilities on Kharg Island, Iran’s largest crude oil and petroleum export terminal. Iran’s military warned it would respond by targeting oil, economic and energy infrastructure across the Middle East.
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