Indian warship escorting oil tanker out of Gulf of Oman
NEW DELHI, March 17 -- An Indian warship is escorting an Indian-flagged oil tanker out of the Gulf of Oman to the country's west coast after it sailed from the Fujairah port in the UAE amid the ongoing war in West Asia, officials aware of the matter said on Monday.
The vessel Jag Laadki, carrying 80,800 MT of crude oil, is the third Indian-flagged fuel carrier heading towards India from the region since the start of the war, the officials said on condition of anonymity. It will reach Mundra port on Tuesday. Three Indian warships are currently deployed in the Gulf of Oman and oil tankers are headed to India under their watch, officials said.
To be sure, the oil tanker did not cross the Strait of Hormuz that is the centre of military tensions...
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