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India After betraying iran by giving away unarmed IRIN vessel location and seeing 80 crewmen dead, Iran allowed India bound LPG tankers to pass the straits of Hormuz.
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The safe passage of the two Indian vessels follows talks between New Delhi and Tehran in recent days. (EPA Images pic)
NEW DELHI: Two Indian-flagged tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz, India’s shipping ministry said Saturday, marking a rare exception in the critical naval chokepoint disrupted by the Mideast war.
Tehran has all but halted maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas normally pass.
“They crossed the Strait of Hormuz early in the morning safely and are en route to India,” Rajesh Kumar Sinha, India’s special secretary of the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways, told reporters at a news briefing in New Delhi on Saturday.
2 India-bound tankers cross Strait of Hormuz
2 India-bound tankers cross Strait of Hormuz
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The tankers are carrying around 92,700 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas and are bound for India's ports of Mundra and Kandla.
The safe passage of the two Indian vessels follows talks between New Delhi and Tehran in recent days. (EPA Images pic)
NEW DELHI: Two Indian-flagged tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz, India’s shipping ministry said Saturday, marking a rare exception in the critical naval chokepoint disrupted by the Mideast war.
Tehran has all but halted maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas normally pass.
“They crossed the Strait of Hormuz early in the morning safely and are en route to India,” Rajesh Kumar Sinha, India’s special secretary of the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways, told reporters at a news briefing in New Delhi on Saturday.
