Following the successful transit of the LPG carrier Green Sanvi through the Strait of Hormuz on 3 April, the Directorate General of Shipping has reported that another vessel, Green Asha, safely crossed the strait on Sunday.
With Green Asha’s exit, only one LPG tanker, Jag Vikram, remains in the area. It is currently awaiting further instructions from the Indian Navy before attempting its own passage. This follows a period of heightened activity in which two other LPG vessels successfully navigated the strait to reach Indian shores.
Green Sanvi, which is transporting 46,655 metric tonnes of LPG, is scheduled to dock at Dahej in Gujarat’s Bharuch district on April 7. At the same time, the LPG carrier BW TYR is positioned in Mumbai, where it is discharging its cargo via ship-to-ship transfer at the outer port limits. Another vessel, BW ELM, was redirected to Ennore in Chennai on April 4. These movements follow a busy week in which Jag Vasant arrived at Kandla with 47,612 metric tonnes of LPG, and Pine Gas delivered a further 45,000 metric tonnes to New Mangalore.
According to the Ministry of Shipping, 16 Indian vessels are currently located in the Persian Gulf, to the west of the Strait of Hormuz, while four are in the Gulf of Oman to the east. In addition to this, one ship is in the Gulf of Aden while two ships are in the Red Sea. Out of the total five ships that are in the Persian Gulf at the moment, five ships belong to the Shipping Corporation of India, while four others are still in India’s ports.
The report also highlighted the presence of approximately 20,000 Indian seafarers in the broader Gulf region. Of these, 528 are serving on Indian-flagged ships— 433 within the Persian Gulf and 95 in the Gulf of Oman. As of April 5, various shipping firms have coordinated the evacuation of 1,479 seafarers from the region.
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