Indian gas tankers getting ready to sail through Hormuz, data shows

By Reuters 20 March 2026, 4:05 pm

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Two Indian-flagged liquefied petroleum gas tankers are preparing to sail through the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days after a pause in voyages with no crude oil tankers leaving the waterway in the past 24 hours, according to shipping data and sources.

The two tankers are currently anchored in Gulf waters, according to data from Kpler and shipping sources.

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 through the Strait back towards Iranian waters on March 18, separate Kpler data shows.