“Amid reports of LPG carriers being stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, ensuring safe passage for LPG cargoes bound for Indian shores remains critical, especially given the Iran government’s indication that non-US and non-Israeli vessels will be permitted transit and the strength of India-Iran diplomatic engagement. However, as the route continues to pass through an…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has clarified that India has not reached any ‘blanket arrangement’ with Iran regarding the India-flagged vessels that recently passed through the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating conflict in the Middle East. The Minister, in an interview with the Financial Timessaid that ‘every ship movement is an individual happening’. He also…
Iran has permitted Indian-flagged vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz following back-channel diplomatic negotiations between New Delhi and Tehran – even as the waterway remains effectively closed to ships linked to the United States, Europe, and Israel, according to several media reports. The Indian-flagged tankers Pushpak and Parimal transited the Strait of Hormuz safely,…
Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has declined as security risks have increased amid escalating tensions in West Asia after the US-Israel strikes on Iran and the Islamic nations’ retaliatory strikes. Shipping activities have almost halted due to a conflict involving more than 700 ships gathered on both sides of the strategic route,…
