LPG tanker headed for Mumbai crosses Hormuz

Parts of north India, including new Delhi, felt the tremors as a 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Afghanistan early Friday.

The quake killed at least eight people in Afghanistan.

Read more here.

An LPG tanker, Green ⁠Sanvi, headed for India has crossed the Strait of Hormuz, live tracking data from the Marine Traffic website showed.

This is the seventh India-flagged tanker to cross the strait after the Iran war brought traffic through the waterway almost to a close.

The Mitsui-owned ship carrying 46,000 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is scheduled to dock in Mumbai.

The war has severely disrupted global energy supplies, including India’s, a country that is primarily dependent on LPG for its cooking needs.

India is also the world’s second-largest LPG importer.

The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to enforce emergency directives to manage the impending fuel crisis while also engaging with Tehran to negotiate safe passage for Indian-flagged ships.

On Friday, a US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian crude rerouted mid-voyage from India to China. Experts said the vessel, Ping Shun, changed course from Gujarat’s Vadinar to Dongying, possibly due to payment-related concerns.

Hello! This is Shakeel from DW’s New Delhi studio, welcoming you to our weekend coverage.

Did you feel the nip in the air in New Delhi this morning? As we reported yesterday, it’s due to western disturbances currently affecting the region.

Today, we are tracking an LPG tanker making its way to Mumbai after crossing the Strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s convoy was stopped, and his security personnel were assaulted while he was travelling to an election rally in Kerala.

Also, parts of India felt tremors from the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan.

Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates from across India.