LPG tanker Jag Vasant anchored at a port in Gujarat late on Thursday, days after tensions continue to prevail of the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel's arrival at Vadinar port, after being stranded in the critical waterway for around 23 days amid the Middle East war, brings relief at a time the Centre continues to pacify concerns over LPG shortage in the country. Loaded with 47,600 metric tonnes of LPG, is one of the several such tankers that were stranded in the Strait of Hormuz that Iran has all but shut down as it strikes neighbouring countries for almost a month. A second LPG tanker Pine Gas, carrying 45,000 metric tonnes of LPG, will soon arrive at the New Mangalore Port. All 60 seafarers on these vessels are safe. Their arrival will add a combined stock of over 92,000 metric tonnes of LPG to India's existing stock, an amount equivalent to "roughly a day's cooking gas consumption of the country. Over the past ten days, two large LPG tankers have already arrived in India after having passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
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