22 India-bound ships on Hormuz evacuation list

BILATERAL – INDIA-ASIA

19 MARCH 2026

• Twenty-two India-bound vessels in the Persian Gulf region have been identified for evacuation for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz by the Indian government.
• Of these, 20 vessels have been assessed as critical to India’s energy security, carrying some 2.15 lakh metric tonnes of LNG, 3.21 lakh tonnes of LPG and 16.76 lakh tonnes of crude oil.
• Among the 20 energy-critical vessels, 10 are Indian-flagged.
• The 20 vessels include three LNG carriers, 10 LPG carriers, and seven crude oil tankers.
• Marshall Island, Liberia, Greece, Malta and Portugal are some of the other flags these ships carry.
• In addition, two Indian-flagged container vessels have also been identified for evacuation to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
• Coordination is ongoing with the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; Directorate of Naval Operations (DNO); Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG); and the Information Fusion Centre–Indian Ocean Region (IFCIOR) for the evacuation of the vessels from the Persian Gulf region.
• Two LPG carriers and one oil tanker — Shivalik, Nanda Devi and Jag Laadki — were evacuated earlier, escorted by the Indian Navy from the Gulf of Oman region.
• The three ships have reached India. The two LPG ships were carrying some 97,000 tonnes of the fuel.
• No Indian ship has been attacked so far in the conflict in West Asia.
• But three Indian seafarers have died, four have been injured, and one reported missing in foreign-flagged vessels.