The Strait of Hormuz is up in smoke amid tensions between Iran, Israel and America in the Middle East. This corridor, which is very important for the export of crude oil in the world, is currently being called the corridor of death, where every ship passing through is being targeted by Iran, but even in this atmosphere of tension, an Indian captain has safely delivered a ship carrying more than 1 lakh metric tons of crude oil to Mumbai Port of India.
The Liberian flagged ship Shenlong Suezmax loaded crude oil from Port Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia on March 1 and left for India on March 3, 2026. This ship was led by an Indian, whose name is Captain Sukhshant Singh Sandhu. After entering the Strait of Hormuz, Captain Sandhu cleverly passed the ship through the corridor without Iran getting any clue.
How did the Indian captain do this feat?
It is quite interesting how the Indian Captain safely crossed the ship through the Strait of Hormuz, which is called the corridor of death. In fact, when the forces of Iran and America were facing each other in the Strait of Hormuz, at the same time the oil-laden ship Shenlong coming to Mumbai suddenly disappeared from the radar.
According to maritime data firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence and TankerTrackers, the signal location of the ship Shenlong Suezmax was last recorded inside the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday (March 8, 2026). During this time, Iran was attacking every ship passing through this route except the ships going to China. Meanwhile Shenlong switched off its transponders. Along with this, the captain had also switched off the ship’s AIS i.e. Automatic Identification System and quietly crossed the corridor without anyone knowing.
Speaking to Hindustan Times, Praveen Singh, Deputy Conservator of Mumbai Port Authority, said that the ship reactivated its AIS system after crossing the corridor on Monday (March 9, 2026) and safely reached Mumbai Port on Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
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