A vessel run by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) came under attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ADNOC said, marking the third incident involving one of its ships in less than a week. The company reported on Saturday, via the United Arab Emirates' state news agency WAM, that there were no injuries and that the situation had been brought under control.
The UAE had publicly attributed two earlier attacks to Iran, the statement said. Emirati officials had not assigned responsibility for Friday's specific incident publicly at the time of the report.
The incident underscores mounting security concerns around the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage separating Iran and Oman. Before the current conflict, the waterway handled roughly one-fifth of global shipments of crude oil and liquefied natural gas, according to the information in the report. Since the US-Israeli war with Iran began on February 28, shipping through the strait has experienced repeated disruptions, raising freight costs and heightening risks to energy exports.
ADNOC, one of the world's largest energy producers, exports crude oil, natural gas and refined products to international markets. The recent series of attacks on its vessels has intensified scrutiny of maritime security along key export routes and of the vulnerability of energy logistics in the region.
In a separate development, US President Donald Trump pushed back against concerns about how long the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has been deployed in support of operations related to Iran. When asked whether a deployment exceeding 260 days had become excessive, the president replied, "Not nearly long enough."
Trump said the Lincoln was moving, or would move shortly, and that it would be replaced by a similar vessel. The carrier departed San Diego in November and was later redirected to the Middle East. It has a crew complement of about 5,000 sailors and Marines and has gone more than 200 days without a port visit.
Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, said the period at sea represented a modern record for consecutive days without a port call. Several Democratic lawmakers have sought answers after families of sailors raised concerns about mental health, living conditions and supplies aboard the ship. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected reports suggesting conditions were deteriorating, saying on Thursday that those accounts had been misrepresented.
Together, the maritime attacks and the extended carrier deployment highlight overlapping security and personnel issues affecting military operations and commercial shipping in a region that is critical to global energy flows.