Official says Two Indian‑Flagged Gas Tankers have Passed Through Strait of Hormuz Without Incident

The Indian officials says they’re expected to reach Indian shores later this week.

The Pine Gas and the Jag Vasant LPG carriers crossed the war-hit strait late Monday, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, special secretary at the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said Tuesday.

Indian media reported that the two tankers, carrying roughly a day’s supply of the country’s cooking gas, sailed close to each other and followed a route approved by Iran that cuts closely to the country’s coastline.

Iran continues to keep a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, which leads from the Persian Gulf toward the open ocean and through which a fifth of the world’s oil and other important commodities are shipped.

A trickle of ships has been getting through the strait and Iran insists it remains open — just not to the U.S., Israel or their allies.

Source: APN news