Al Jeer Port

Al Jeer Port is a commercial port located on the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates, on the Gulf of Oman side of the Musandam Peninsula. On 4 May 2026, the Marshall Islands-flagged, Chinese-owned tanker JV Innovation was struck in waters near Al Jeer Port, making it the first confirmed Chinese-linked vessel hit in the US enforcement campaign against sanctioned Iranian oil flows.

The port's location near the Strait of Hormuz makes it strategically significant: it sits at the chokepoint through which roughly 21 million barrels of oil transit daily. Al Jeer handles cargo including building materials and fuel, and the surrounding waters are a major transit corridor for tankers serving UAE and regional destinations.

The strike near Al Jeer raised immediate sovereignty questions: UAE territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles from the coast, and any US enforcement operation within those waters would require either UAE consent or would constitute a violation of Emirati sovereignty. The UAE government had not publicly commented on the incident by 9 May 2026.