Six Indian ships stranded in Strait of Hormuz carrying 300,000 tons of LPG

NEW DELHI: About 300,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas carried by six Indian-flagged vessels are currently stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, India’s shipping ministry said on Tuesday. The second Indian ship ‘Nanda Devi’ carrying 46,500 tons of LPG arrived at the Vadinar facility in Kandla Port in the early hours of Tuesday. Currently, there are 22 Indian ships in the strait, including 6 LPG ships, 1 LNG tanker, 4 crude oil tankers, 1 chemicals and products tanker, 3 container ships and 2 bulk carriers. Rajesh Kumar Sinha, special secretary in the shipping ministry, said the unloading work of LPG carriers Shivalik and Nanda Devi is in progress.The shipping ministry said all central government-owned ports are closely monitoring ship movements and cargo operations and providing necessary support, including additional storage space. VO Chidambaranar Port offers approximately 90,000 square meters of transshipment containers.Sinha said the number of perishable containers at Jawaharlal Nehru Port has been reduced from about 2,000 to about 1,000.He explained that some containers have returned to the domestic market, and some have sailed to ports such as Salalah in Oman and Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates.