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The Indian-flagged tanker ‘Jag Laadki’, carrying astir 80,886 metric tonnes (MT) of crude oil, arrived astatine Mundra Port successful Gujarat connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026) amid the West Asia conflict, officials said.
A time earlier, the LPG bearer ‘Nanda Devi’ arrived astatine Vadinar port successful Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district, carrying 46,500 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum state (LPG) and navigating done the Strait of Hormuz. On Monday (March 16, 2026), different vas — ‘Shivalik’ — carrying LPG docked astatine Mundra Port.
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Adani Ports, which operates Mundra Port, said successful a connection that the crude lipid carried by ‘Jag Laadki’ was sourced from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and loaded astatine Fujairah Port there.
“Measuring 274.19 metres successful magnitude wide and 50.04 metres successful beam, the tanker boasts a deadweight tonnage of astir 164,716 tonnes and a gross tonnage of astir 84,735 tonnes,” it said.
The tanker’s accomplishment astatine the Mundra Port underscores the facility’s captious relation successful handling important crude imports, it said.
“This transportation supports a large refinery that relies connected specified shipments to support operations and bolster India’s vigor information during proviso disruptions successful the region,” Adani Ports added.
The larboard provided the harmless berthing of the vas and maritime coordination successful safeguarding captious vigor lifelines of India, it said.
Fujairah Port successful the UAE faced drone and rocket attacks during the ongoing Israel-U.S. and Iran war.
India imports astir 88% of its crude oil, 50% of its earthy state and 60% of its LPG needs. Before the U.S.-Israel strikes connected Iran connected February 28 and Tehran’s retaliation, much than fractional of India’s crude imports, astir 30% of state and 85-90% of LPG imports came from countries specified arsenic Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The struggle has led to a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the main transit way for Gulf vigor supplies. While India has partially offset crude proviso disruptions by sourcing lipid from countries including Russia, state supplies person been curtailed to concern users, and LPG availability to commercialized establishments specified arsenic hotels and restaurants has been reduced.
