Indian gas tankers getting ready to sail through Hormuz

According to market assessments from sources on Friday, based on available data, there had been no voyages over the past 24 hours by crude tankers through the waterway, with one empty crude oil tanker, hit with US sanctions, returning towards Iranian waters on March 18, separate Kpler data showed.

The Indian-flagged LPG tankers Pine Gas and Jag Vasant, which are anchored near the United Arab Emirates hub of Sharjah within the gulf, broadcast that they were preparing for a voyage, MarineTraffic ship-tracking data showed on Friday.

Rajesh Kumar Sinha, special secretary with India’s federal shipping ministry, said immediate details were not available, when asked on Friday if the vessels were preparing to sail.