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22 India-bound vessels successful the Persian Gulf portion person been identified for evacuation and harmless transition done the Strait of Hormuz by the Indian government. Of these, 20 vessels person been assessed arsenic captious to India’s vigor security, carrying immoderate 2.15 lakh metric tonnes of liquefied earthy state (LNG), 3.21 lakh tonnes of liquefied petroleum state (LPG) and 16.76 lakh tonnes of crude oil. These vessels are some Indian-flagged and foreign-flagged but each are bound for India.
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Among the 20 energy-critical vessels, 10 are Indian-flagged. The 20 vessels see 3 LNG carriers, 10 LPG carriers, and 7 crude lipid tankers. Marshall Islands, Liberia, Greece, Malta and Portugal are immoderate of the different flags these ships carry. In addition, 2 Indian-flagged instrumentality vessels person besides been identified for evacuation to guarantee harmless transition done the Strait of Hormuz.
Coordination is ongoing with the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; Directorate of Naval Operations (DNO); Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG); and the Information Fusion Centre–Indian Ocean Region (IFCIOR) for the evacuation of the vessels from the Persian Gulf region.
Two LPG carriers and 1 lipid tanker – Shivalik, Nanda Devi and Jag Laadki – were evacuated earlier, escorted by the Indian Navy from the Gulf of Oman region. The 3 ships person reached India. The 2 LPG ships were carrying immoderate 97,000 tonnes of the fuel. Navy sources had told The Hindu that the escorting volition proceed successful aboriginal arsenic well.
Shivalik has been partially discharged astatine Mundra and is awaiting commencement of ship-to-ship operations by the charterer, IOC. Nanda Devi has doubled-banked with BW Birch for ship-to-ship transportation astatine Vadinar. Cargo operations are expected to commencement soon.
Crude bearer Jag Laadki that was escorted by the Indian Navy reached Mundra Port earlier connected Friday (March 13, 2026). It was carrying astir 81,000 metric tonnes of Murban crude lipid from the United Arab Emirates. The vas narrowly escaped harm erstwhile the Fujairah terminal wherever it was loading was attacked.
Some 23,000 Indian seafarers are stranded successful the Persian Gulf, of whom 658 are connected Indian-flagged vessels. Some 472 seafarers person been evacuated by assorted shipping companies from the Gulf portion truthful far, arsenic per the government.
In total, 22 Indian vessels are successful the Persian Gulf region, westbound of the Strait of Hormuz; 2 successful the Gulf of Oman, eastbound of the strait; 1 successful the Gulf of Aden; and 2 successful the Red Sea. Of these, the government-owned Shipping Corporation of India owns six, of which 5 are successful Persian Gulf and 1 successful the Gulf of Aden.
No Indian vessel has been attacked truthful acold successful the struggle successful West Asia. But 3 Indian seafarers person died, 4 person been injured, and 1 reported missing successful foreign-flagged vessels.
Government sources said that 7 West Asia-bound vessels were waiting astatine large ports and 5 successful different ports successful India.
(with inputs from Saptaparno Ghosh)
