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Tanker hit by drone
The 'Stena Imperative' was hit by two drones at the ASRY Shipyard in Manamah, Bahrain, on March 2, 2026, at 2.57 a.m. The crew was safely evacuated. The operator Stena Bulk was taking measures to secure both the ship and the crew right now. A fire on board could be extinguished. One shipyard worker ashore was killed, and two others injured. Iranian-origin drones or missiles were believed to have been used in the attack. Only on Feb 3, the 'Stena Imperative' had been approached by Iranian gunboats and ordered to stop engines and prepare to be boarded as it transited the Strait of Hormuz Traffic Separation Scheme. The tanker increased speed and continued on its voyage. The ship sailed from Fujairah to Bahrain in early February and has been in Bahrain since Feb 5, where it spent some time in dock. The 'Stena Imperative' was likely a target for Iran due to its involvement in the Tanker Security Programme, which charters commercial ships for strategic use by the US Department of Defense to fulfil US national defence and security needs. Essentially, the ship forms part of the US Navy’s supply chains. In 2025, the ship was certified by US Military Sealift Command to complete ship-to-ship refuelling while underway.
Tanker approached by Iranian gunboats
The 'Stena Imperative', enroute from Ho Chi Minh to Manamah, Bahrain, was approached by Iranian gunboats during the transit of the Strait of Hormuz on Feb 3, 2026. Three pairs of gunboats with machine guns headed towards thee tanker approximately 30 km north of Oman and ordered tit to stop and prepare to be boarded. The vessel did not respond and continued its voyage with an ETA at the port of destination, Bahrain’s Sitrah port, with am ETA as of Feb 5. Within a short period, a U.S. Navy destroyer, which was operating in the region, moved to the tanker’s vicinity and provided an armed escort, supported by air assets. The incident appeared to have occurred when the tanker was just inside Omani waters on the southern side of the internationally-recognized Traffic Separation Scheme, off the northern tip of the Musandam peninsula, outside of Iran's territorial seas. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) investigated the incident.
Medevac off Freeport
The US Coast Guard medevaced a 21-year-old man in the morning of Oct 30, 2017, from the "Stena Imperative" 12 miles south of Freeport, Texas. At 8:07 a.m., the captain of the tanker contacted Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders to report that a crewmember was going in and out of consciousness after sustaining a head injury from a fall. A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 9:26 p.m., hoisted the man and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Galveston Scholes Airport.
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