India-Bound Oil Tanker Crosses Strait Of Hormuz

NEW YORK– An oil tanker carrying petroleum bound for India has crossed the Strait of Hormuz, according to maritime tracking data.

The Nissos Keros is headed to Visakhapatnam and is expected to arrive on June 3, according to multiple vessel-tracking services.

The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker departed Sharjah on May 21 and was reported in the northern Arabian Sea off India’s west coast at 6 a.m. IST on May 29.

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported on May 28 that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy allowed 23 commercial vessels, including oil tankers and container ships, to pass through the Strait of Hormuz during the previous 24 hours.

According to IRNA, the Iranian military said that “all transits were conducted following formal coordination with IRGC naval authorities.”

The Strait of Hormuz carries about 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas supplies, making it one of the world’s most important energy corridors (IANS)