Drone debris hits JSW Infra oil tanker at Fujairah

Smoke rises after an explosion in the industrial zone in Fujairah, UAE, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026

JSW Infrastructure has informed that one of its 15 storage tanks at Fujairah Liquid Terminal, in the UAE, sustained damage on Tuesday after debris from an intercepted drone fell in the facility. This was in the backdrop of the ongoing war between US-Israel and Iran.

Local authorities and the company’s onsite safety teams acted swiftly to contain the situation.

Nobody at the terminal was hurt. The remaining 14 tanks have been secured, it said.

Adequate insurance coverage for the facility is already in place. A thorough technical assessment is underway to evaluate the structural impact and determine the restoration plan, said JSW Infrastructure.

In 2023, the company through its subsidiary JSW Terminal (Middle East) FZE, had acquired the Fujairah liquid storage terminal from Swiss commodity trader Mercuria Group.

The facility has a cumulative capacity of 4.65 lakh cubic metres – enough to hold nearly 3 million barrels of oil, roughly equivalent to a day’s crude production in the UAE.

Fujairah storage terminals in the region are primarily used to hold fuel for overseas supply.

JSW Infrastructure is India’s second-largest private port operator, specialising in maritime infrastructure. In the UAE, it operates one liquid storage terminal and two dry bulk terminals in Fujairah.

Published on March 3, 2026