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Three Indian-flagged crude lipid tankers carrying implicit 8.6 lakh cardinal tonnes of cargo with 94 unit members from the state transited done the Strait of Hormuz connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) and are en way to India, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said.
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The 3 crude lipid tankers — Desh Vaibhav, Desh Vibhor, and Sanmar Herald — are expected to get successful India betwixt June 24 and July 1.
While Desh Vaibhav is expected to scope Vadinar Port connected June 24, Desh Vibhor is apt to get astatine Sikka Port the aforesaid day. Sanmar Herald, the 3rd Indian-flagged lipid tanker to transverse the Strait of Hormuz connected Saturday (June 20, 2026), is scheduled to scope Paradip connected July 1.
"3 Indian-flagged crude lipid tankers, Desh Vaibhav, Desh Vibhor and Sanmar Herald carrying implicit 8.6 Lakh MT of cargo with 94 Indian unit members person successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz contiguous and are en way to India," Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Mr. Sonowal said successful a station connected X.
"Under the decisive enactment of Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji, GoI is moving connected highest precedence to unafraid India's maritime interests. Our Ministry is actively coordinating with each applicable agencies to warrant the implicit information of Bharat's seafarers and vigor lifelines," helium wrote.
The United States connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) lifted its blockade of Iran, allowing lipid tankers to determination done the Strait of Hormuz arsenic a tentative statement to extremity the warfare took effect. The transmission had been mostly unusable for months, but shipping began to resume soon aft a woody came into force.
On June 18, President Donald Trump signed an statement with Iran that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives U.S.-backed sanctions connected the country, instantly allowing Iran to merchantability its lipid freely successful a large concession from Washington.
