Another GasLog LNG carrier operating in the Middle East was attacked as it was leaving the Persian Gulf crossing the Strait of Hormuz. After the attack suffered on Wednesday from the liquefied natural gas vessel GasLog Salem in the port of Damietta, which was hit by a drone that did not caused damage to the crew, on Friday the GasLog Shanghai was hit by a bullet while it was 11 nautical miles northeast of Lima, Oman. The British United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has announced that the commander of the GasLog Shanghai announced that the caused damage to the engine room and that the ship was without a government. GasLog has its registered office in Bermuda and its registered office operating in Piraeus, Greece.

The UKMTO has announced two other attempted attacks on Friday and yesterday. On 31 July, the master of a tanker located in 21 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, Oman, reported the impact and explosion of a projectile near the ship that did not cause damage. The same was done yesterday by the commander of a tanker that, near the previous accident, being located 20 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, heard An explosion.