13 Indian flag ships have transited the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of March
Kandla. Amid the West Asia crisis, a ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Qatar has crossed the Strait of Hormuz and reached Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla, Gujarat. Officials gave this information on Sunday. He said that the Marshall Islands flagged vessel ‘MV SIMI’ had departed from Qatar and after crossing Hormuz on May 13, reached Kandla port at around 11:30 pm on Saturday night.
According to officials, 13 Indian-flagged ships have transited the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of March. These include 12 LPG tankers and one crude oil carrying vessel. The Strait of Hormuz, located off the coast of Oman, is considered a very important sea route for the world’s energy supply, through which about one-fifth of the global energy supply passes. This sea route has been seriously affected due to the West Asia conflict.
The retaliation came after joint attacks on Iran by the US and Israel, leading to one of the biggest energy crises in recent decades. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathneni Harish at the UN Economic and Social Council (UNESCO) Special Meeting on Energy and Supply Flow Security said that targeting commercial vessels in Hormuz, endangering the safety of civilian crew and hampering freedom of navigation is unacceptable.
Meanwhile, on May 13, an Indian-flagged commercial vessel was attacked off the Oman coast. Omani authorities safely rescued all 14 crew members of the vessel coming from Somalia. However, it was not immediately known who carried out the attack.
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