First India-Bound LPG Tanker Clears Hormuz Since U.S. Blockade Began

A tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) passed through the Strait of Hormuz this weekend en route to India in the first crossing of an India-linked LPG cargo since the U. S. launched a blockade outside the Strait to prevent Iranian oil exports.

The MT Sarv Shakti, chartered by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country's biggest state refiner, clear the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday and is expected to arrive in Visakhapatnam on May 13, Indian media report, citing an official government statement.