M/V Ever Lovely
Singapore-flagged container ship operated by Evergreen Marine, struck by an IRGC one-way attack drone on 25 June 2026 at 14:10 UTC inside the IMO-sanctioned Hormuz safe-passage corridor.
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What happened to the M/V Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz?
Timeline for M/V Ever Lovely
Mentioned in: Iran hits US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain
Iran Conflict 2026Mentioned in: Iran claims sole control of Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026Mentioned in: Brent falls straight through the strikes
Iran Conflict 2026Drone hits ship in the safe corridor
Iran Conflict 202611,000 trapped as exit corridor shut
Iran Conflict 2026What is the M/V Ever Lovely and what happened to it?
Why did the Ever Lovely attack trigger US airstrikes on Iran?
Was the Ever Lovely crew safe after the drone strike?
Background
The M/V Ever Lovely is a Singapore-flagged container ship operated by Evergreen Marine Corporation of Taiwan, one of the world's five largest container carriers. The vessel was transiting a designated IMO SAFE-passage corridor in the Oman approaches to the Strait of Hormuz when it was struck.
On 25 June 2026 at 14:10 UTC, an IRGC one-way attack drone struck the Ever Lovely on its starboard side, 7.5 nautical miles south-east of Dahit, Oman, inside the IMO-sanctioned evacuation corridor. Iran fired four drones; US forces intercepted three; the fourth hit the vessel. No crew were killed and the ship sailed on.
The strike triggered the first US airstrike on Iranian soil since the May 2026 Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. Within hours the Persian Gulf Strait Authority suspended the IMO corridor, leaving roughly 11,000 seafarers unable to exit the Strait. The vessel's passage through a supposedly protected lane underscored how rapidly a single commercial casualty can escalate into state-level military exchange.
Where exactly was the Ever Lovely when it was hit?
