AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.The ships were hit near Oman on Monday, the latest attacks on vessels in the Persian Gulf. Oil prices rose more than 2 percent.Listen · 4:32 min Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, last week. Shipping in the strait has been mostly at a standstill, with only five ships passing through on Monday.Credit...ReutersPublished Sept. 1, 2026Updated Sept. 2, 2026Two oil tankers were attacked within minutes of each other while passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, a reflection of the continued risk for ships seeking to export oil from the Persian Gulf.One ship, a crude oil tanker owned by Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, was struck by “unknown projectiles” about 16 nautical miles off the coast of Oman, according to Marisks, a maritime risk firm. A second ship, a Liberian-flagged supertanker operated by the South Korean company Sinokor, was reportedly struck by “three unknown projectiles” off the coast of Oman. The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations center, which is run by Britain’s Royal Navy, reported an incident on Monday in the same location. No casualties or environmental impact were reported, the agency said.On Tuesday, U.S. forces retaliated by striking Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps targets. “The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region,” U.S. Central Command said on social media.Oil prices jumped and were up more than 4 percent. On Monday, the United States and Iran had exchanged attacks for the first time in a month, raising fears among traders, who pushed the global benchmark for crude back above $90 a barrel, after a sharp fall last week.The threat to commercial shipping in the strait was both high and “increasingly unpredictable,” Marisks said. It was advising ships to delay nonessential transits until the scale of the U.S. attacks and Iran’s potential response became clearer.Dimitris Maniatis, the founder and chief executive of Marisks, said Iran was targeting vessels in the Persian Gulf not at random, but because of their affiliations to the United States and allies. Even if ships are not directly owned by U.S. companies, any ships with links to the United States are at higher risk.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT