5 India-bound LPG ships stay anchored near Hormuz Strait

According to ship tracking sites, five LPG carriers, all Indian-flagged and heading to India, are anchored north of Dubai-Ras Al Khaimah, just southwest of the Strait of Hormuz.

These ships, which appear to have gathered together to exit the strait, are carrying more than 1.7 lakh tonnes of LPG; This is almost six days beyond India’s current import requirements. However, they were not moving on a day when Iran, which had previously said it would allow friendly country ships to pass, restricted the movement of any ship passing through the strait.

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On Friday, March 27, 2026, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard stated that they turned away three ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the route was closed to ships traveling to and from ports connected to their “enemies”. “This morning, following the lies of the corrupt US President that the Strait of Hormuz was open, three container ships of different nationalities… were turned back upon the warning of the Revolutionary Guard Navy,” the Guards said on the Sepah News website. A total of 26 ships were recently approved by Iran to pass through the strait using a route around Larak Island just off the country’s coast, dubbed the “Tehran tollgate” by leading shipping magazine Lloyd’s List. Most were Greek and Chinese-owned ships, as well as other Indian, Pakistani and Syrian-owned ships.

Iran had previously announced that ships from India and some other countries (Russia, Iraq, Pakistan, China and Thailand) could pass through the strait. However, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that the USA, Israel and some Gulf countries, which are involved in the current war, will not be allowed to pass through the strait.

(With inputs from AFP)