Two India-bound LPG tankers cross Hormuz; India-flagged vessel sinks after hit

NEW DELHI: (May 14) Two India-bound liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions in the region, while an India-flagged vessel sank after being hit near the strategic shipping corridor, officials said on Thursday.

LPG tanker Symi transited through the Strait on May 13, while NV Sunshine safely crossed the waterway on Thursday. This takes the total number of Indian vessels to have crossed the shipping channel, which had been effectively shut since the US-Israel strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation more than two months back, to 13.

Separately, Haji Ali - an Indian Dhow or a mechanised sailing vessel (MSV) - during its voyage from Somalia to Sharjah, UAE, came under attack in the early hours of Wednesday in Omani waters, leading to a fire onboard the wooden vessel and its subsequent sinking, said Mukesh Mangal, Additional Secretary in the