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A cargo vessel carrying Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Texas, United States, has arrived astatine the New Mangalore Port successful Mangaluru.
On Friday (March 20, 2026), the Shipping Ministry informed that New Mangalore Port has waived cargo-related charges for crude lipid and LPG from March 14 to 31. It besides said that determination is nary congestion reported astatine immoderate port. In an interministerial briefing, Special Secretary of the Shipping Ministry, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, besides said each 22 Indian ships and 611 sailors successful the Persian Gulf are harmless amid the West Asia conflict.
“There has been nary study of immoderate maritime incidental successful the past 24 hours. All our 22 ships and 611 Indian sailors successful the Persian Gulf portion are safe, and we are continuously monitoring them... There is nary congestion successful immoderate port...New Mangalore Port has issued a circular for waiver of each cargo-related charges for crude and LPG, which is valid from 14 March to 31 March,” the Shipping Ministry authoritative said.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said that panic booking of LPG cylinders has declined significantly, with lone 55 lakh bookings reported connected Thursday. Speaking astatine an inter-ministerial briefing today, Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, highlighted an betterment successful the LPG crisis, saying, "There is nary panic booking now. Only 55 lakh LPG booking reported yesterday."
Reassuring consumers, Sharma besides said that determination is nary shortage of proviso crossed the country. "There is capable banal available, nary outlets are adust out," she stated. However, she acknowledged that concerns remain.
On Wednesday (March 18), the Indian-flagged crude lipid tanker, Jag Laadki, successfully arrived astatine Adani Ports Mundra successful Gujarat, marking a important summation to the nation's vigor imports. Earlier, the 2 Indian-flagged LPG carriers safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz earlier arriving successful India connected March 16 and 17.
MT Shivalik and MT Nanda Devi — carrying astir 92,712 metric tonnes of LPG — crossed the Strait of Hormuz aboriginal Friday (March 13, 2026). This comes arsenic the struggle successful West Asia enters its 4th week, with commercialized routes done the Strait of Hormuz hampered.
