NEW DELHI: India-flagged oil tanker ‘Jag Laadki’, which was loading crude at UAE’s Fujairah port on Saturday when the oil terminal was attacked, sailed safely for India from the port on Sunday morning, the shipping ministry said. The ship is carrying around 80,800 tonnes of Murban crude, an oil grade produced by the UAE, it added. The ministry also said all Indian seafarers on board the vessel were safe. The ship is owned and operated by the Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company.
A Liberian-flagged tanker, MT Smyrni, carrying about 1.4 lakh tonnes of crude reached the Mumbai port on Saturday night. This is the third tanker to reach an Indian port after crossing Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asian conflict. In a statement, govt said, “Two Indian-flag LPG carriers, Shivalik and Nanda Devi, carrying about 92,712 tonnes of LPG, which crossed the Strait of Hormuz on March 14, are currently on passage to India and are scheduled to reach Mundra Port on March 16 and Kandla Port on March 17, respectively.” At present, 22 Indian-flagged vessels with 611 seafarers remain west of the Persian Gulf region. India has been in discussions with Iran for safe passage of India-flagged ships in the conflict-hit region.
