🇹🇭 🇮🇷 🇴🇲 Thai Cargo Ship Struck After Failing to Obtain Permission (11 March) :. A Thai‑flagged bulk carrier, the Mayuree Naree, was struck by projectiles on 11 March in the Strait of Hormuz as it transited the strategic waterway without first securing authorization from Iranian authorities, according to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which claimed responsibility for the attack. The explosion damaged the engine room and caused a fire, forcing most of the crew to abandon ship; 20 sailors were rescued by the Omani navy, and three remain missing. After drifting unmanned for weeks, the damaged vessel ran aground off Iran’s Qeshm Island. Since then, Thailand was granted permission for passage.