A senior Indian government official confirmed that securing the return of India's stranded ships in the Gulf before sending any vessels back to the region is the country's priority. The official stated that the situation had to become conducive before sending vessels to the west of the Strait of Hormuz.
NEW DELHI: India wants to secure the return of its ships stranded in the Gulf before sending any vessels back to load fuel, a senior government official said on Thursday .
"Our priority is to get all our ships out of the Strait of Hormuz," said Mukesh Mangal, additional secretary at India's ministry of ports, shipping and waterways. India will send vessels to the west of the Strait of Hormuz"whenever the situation becomes conducive", he added. India's shipping ministry is coordinating with the foreign ministry and a decision on sending vessels back will be taken after all stranded ships return, Mangal told a press conference.
He said 13 Indian-flagged vessels and one Indian-owned vessel are still stuck on the west side of the Strait. Thirteen vessels loaded with energy cargoes, mostly liquefied petroleum gas , have so far transited out of the Strait since its effective closure due to the conflict which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb 28.
Before the war, India sourced more than 40% of its crude oil imports and about 90% of its LPG, which is used for cooking, from the Middle East through the Strait of Hormuz. India now faces one of its worst cooking gas supply disruptions in decades, with shipments through the Strait largely halted due to the conflict.
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