LPG Tanker Nanda Devi Arrives At Gujarat Port

Mundra Port, March 17: ‘Nanda Devi’, an Indian tanker carrying about 46,000 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), arrived in Gujarat early Tuesday morning after safely navigating the Strait Of Hormuz, making it the second LPG carrier arriving in India in two days.

On Monday, Indian LPG carrier ‘Shivalik’, carrying about 40,000 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas, reached Mundra Port in Gujarat.

Chief Officer of Nanda Devi vessel said that the initiative was taken by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Shipping Corporation of India, with the Indian and Iranian navies providing the necessary assistance to cross the Strait of Hormuz, a key maritime choke point that has effectively been closed by Iran in response to the US-Israeli war launched last month.

Global oil prices have surged by 40 to 50 percent as Iran attacks shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and launches waves of missile and drone strikes in the Gulf in retaliation for the war.

According to official information, the LPG vessel Nanda Devi will not dock at Kandla Port as earlier expected.

Instead, the vessel will remain offshore near Vadinar in mid-sea, where the LPG will be discharged into two separate ships MT BW Breeze and MT Jag Pratap.

After the transfer, both ships will be immediately sent to Tamil Nadu, which will help save time in transportation.