Aqua Titan, a vessel carrying Russian crude oil, has reached Mangaluru in Karnataka. This comes after the US issued a temporary general license on Thursday, allowing the sale of Russian crude oil already stranded at sea in an effort to stabilise global fuel prices amid West Asia conflict.

 

Another cargo ship carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the US has arrived at the Mangalore Port. Pyxis Pioneer cargo ship, carrying LPG from the US state of Texas, successfully docked at the port.

 

Earlier, an Indian-flagged LPG tanker ‘Nanda Devi’ arrived at Vadinar Port in Gujarat, becoming the second LPG carrier to reach the west coast this week after ‘Shivalik’ docked at Mundra Port. Both vessels transported critical LPG supplies to India following an unusually hazardous passage through the Strait of Hormuz, where maritime traffic has been disrupted by the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the US and Israel.