Al Funtas
Kuwaiti Very Large Crude Carrier, IMO 9653408, operated by Kuwait Oil Tankers Company.
A projectile set Al Funtas alight on the evening of 28 September 2026, in the strait of Hormuz. The tanker was running dark and filed no report, so the Royal Navy-run reporting desk heard of the strike late and through a third party.
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Al Funtas is struck and files no report
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Al Funtas is a Very Large Crude Carrier, IMO 9653408, built in 2014 and registered in Kuwait. It carries 316,648 tonnes deadweight. The operator is Kuwait Oil Tankers Company, wholly owned by the state holding company Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, and the ship is one of eleven very large crude carriers in that fleet.
That ownership is the point. Kuwait moves its own crude in its own hulls, so a strike on Al Funtas hits The National carrier rather than a chartered operator. A projectile set the ship alight in the strait of Hormuz on 28 September 2026; the CREW put the fire out, nobody was hurt and the tanker got under way again.
The ship also showed what sailing dark costs. It transited with its transponder switched off, as 72 of 84 crude-laden tankers have on Kpler's count since 7 July 2026, and it filed no report of the strike. United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations is a switchboard rather than a radar, so the warning reached every ship astern late.
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