News World India-linked LPG tanker makes rare Hormuz crossing amid US blockade: Report Marshall Islands-flagged Sarv Shakti - laden with around 45,000 tons of LPG, commonly used as cooking fuel - appeared to move northward through the waterway 3 min read May 3, 2026 12:45 PM IST First published on: May 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM IST The LPG carrier is the first major India-bound energy tanker to successfully transit the Strait of Hormuz after a two-week dry spell. (File Photo/MarineTraffic) An India-linked liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker has transited the Strait of Hormuz in a rare crossing during the ongoing US-led blockade linked to the Iran conflict, Bloomberg reported. The Marshall Islands-flagged Sarv Shakti, carrying about 45,000 tonnes of LPG, moved into the Gulf of Oman after passing Iran’s Larak and Qeshm islands, according to ship-tracking data cited by Bloomberg. The cargo is commonly used as cooking fuel.…