Indian oil to get safe passage through Strait of Hormuz after Jaishankar’s call with Iran’s Araghchi

India receives first vessel through Strait of Hormuz

Earlier on Wednesday (March 11), the Liberian-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax, captained by an Indian mariner, successfully navigated the perilous Strait of Hormuz and berthed at Mumbai port, marking the first such India-bound crude shipment since hostilities erupted.

Loaded with 135,335 metric tonnes of Saudi Arabian crude from Ras Tanura port on March 1, the vessel slipped through the strait on March 8, briefly vanishing from tracking radars before resurfacing on March 9, a maneuver likely designed to evade detection in waters where Iran has targeted merchant ships and restricted non-China-bound oil transit, crippling nearly 20 per cent of the world’s crude flow.