{"id":22056,"date":"2026-09-21T23:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/strike-hits-greek-operated-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T23:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:03:34","slug":"strike-hits-greek-operated-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/strike-hits-greek-operated-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike Hits Greek-Operated Tanker in Strait of Hormuz \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<h4 id=\"h-a-projectile-struck-an-inbound-tanker-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-early-on-monday-21-september-and-injured-two-seafarers-uk-maritime-trade-operations-says\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A projectile struck an inbound tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early on Monday, 21 September, and injured two seafarers, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukmto.org\/\">UK Maritime Trade Operations<\/a> says.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UKMTO, citing military authorities, reports an unknown projectile hit the ship. The two crew members have minor injuries. The tanker stayed under its own power and continued to its next port. UKMTO reports no environmental damage so far and tells other ships to use caution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TradeWinds describes the vessel as a Greek-controlled product tanker and says the incident is part of a run of attacks on oil carriers since Thursday, including a hit on a Scorpio Tankers ship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maritime security firm Vanguard Tech identifies the Monday casualty as <em>LR Stephanie<\/em>, a 72,825-dwt tanker flying the Isle of Man flag and linked to Universal Tankers in Greece. AIS later showed the ship inside the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UKMTO has logged several tanker incidents in the waterway since mid-September, among them <em>STI Steadfast<\/em> (Scorpio) and, according to Indian reports, the LPG carrier <em>Al Maryah<\/em>. UKMTO itself called Monday\u2019s projectile \u201cunknown.\u201d TradeWinds and other maritime outlets attribute the wider campaign to Iran as US forces say they are keeping the strait open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: UKMTO advisory, 21 September 2026; Harry Papachristou, TradeWinds; Seatrade Maritime \/ Maritime Executive reporting on vessel identity.<\/em><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/09\/22\/strike-hits-greek-operated-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A projectile struck an inbound tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early on Monday, 21 September, and injured two seafarers, UK Maritime Trade Operations says. UKMTO, citing military authorities, reports an unknown projectile hit the ship. The two crew members have minor injuries. The tanker stayed under its own power and continued to its next &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Strike Hits Greek-Operated Tanker in Strait of Hormuz \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/strike-hits-greek-operated-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz-greek-city-times\/#more-22056\" aria-label=\"Read more about Strike Hits Greek-Operated Tanker in Strait of Hormuz \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lr-stephanie-ukmto.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}