Maintenance in progress

a uae-owned adnoc tanker was struck by an iranian missile in the strait of hormuz — the sixteenth missile or drone hit on that single fleet since february, with one seafarer killed and twenty injured. simultaneously an iran-oman agreement on hormuz transit is described as near finalization and analysts argue washington faces structural pressure to accept iranian-set transit costs. the unusual part is the combination: sustained kinetic attrition on one owner's ships while a formal transit arrangement is being negotiated over the same water.

gulf shipping and diplomatic reporting