Mumbai, March 16 -- A Liberian-flagged ship, Smyrni, carrying 135,000 metric tonnes of crude oil for the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) reached Mumbai on Sunday, becoming the second India-bound ship to safely navigate the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia. The vessel arrived in the morning from Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia, and it will start discharging crude oil to the HPCL refinery in Mahul once it gets berthing space on Monday, Jitendra Jadhav, shipping agent with the Atlantic Shipping Company told Hindustan Times. Earlier, another Liberia-flagged oil tanker, Shenlong Suezmax, had docked at Mumbai's Jawahar Dweep on March 11, becoming the first India-bound ship to cross the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial maritime corridor where operations have been affected due to the United States' and Israel's war against Iran. A status report from the shipping ministry on Sunday evening said that 24 Indian vessels were currently navigating through the Persian Gulf region, to the west of Strait of Hormuz, among which five vessels belonged to the Shipping Corporation of India. Around 23,000 Indian seafarers in Indian-flagged vessels were stranded in the Persian Gulf region, while 276 seafarers had been evacuated by various shipping companies from the region till March 15, the status report said....