Two vessels affiliated with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company were struck by unmanned aerial vehicles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on 14 August, according to a report published by Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide on 17 August. No injuries were reported, and the incident was described in the report as the second ADNOC-linked strike in under a week.
The Hellenic Shipping News item said the two vessels were hit as they passed through the internationally vital waterway that links the Gulf to global sea lanes. The report added that the strikes involved unmanned aerial systems and that crew members were not wounded.
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condemnation of the attack, calling it hostile Iranian action and saying it amounted to a violation of United Nations Security Council obligations. The ministry's stance was presented in the Hellenic Shipping News account and cited as part of the official response to the 14 August incidents.
Hellenic Shipping News also characterised the situation around Koh-e-Mubarak in its headline, saying the site had hardened into an evasion hub. That characterisation was reported alongside details of the strikes and the diplomatic condemnation recorded by the UAE ministry.
The 14 August event was described as the second ADNOC-affiliated incident in under a week, an interval the report used to underline a pattern of threats to vessels linked to ADNOC. The earlier incident was not detailed in the supplied notes, but the Hellenic Shipping News piece framed both events as connected by their targeting of vessels with ADNOC affiliation.
Koh-e-Mubarak and claims of an evasion hub
The Hellenic Shipping News headline linked Koh-e-Mubarak to maritime evasion activity, presenting that assessment as a key element of its coverage. The supplied notes do not expand on the evidence or particulars supporting the phrase, only that the report used it to describe the wider context.
Diplomatic response recorded by the report
According to the report, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs characterised the attack as hostile and in breach of United Nations Security Council obligations. The Hellenic Shipping News item presented the ministry's condemnation as the principal formal response noted in the coverage of the 14 August strikes.
Hellenic Shipping News published its account on 17 August, three days after the strikes on 14 August, and the outlet's report assembled the chronology, the lack of casualties and the ministry's statement into its narrative. The supplied notes limit the verified details to those points and do not provide further confirmation of responsibility beyond the ministry's allegation.
The report's combination of the strikes, the ministry's condemnation and the headline reference to Koh-e-Mubarak was presented as evidence of a precarious security environment for vessels associated with ADNOC in the period in question. Hellenic Shipping News is the source of the details assembled here, as specified in the supplied factual notes.