A liquefied natural gas tanker carrying a shipment for India has reportedly exited the Strait of Hormuz, the first for the country from the Persian Gulf since the Iran war began months ago, marking a potential breakthrough in the energy crisis that has gripped global markets.

Adnoc Logistics & Services's Al Hamra tanker was spotted heading to western India today after loading cargo at Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.'s Das Island export plant.

The vessel stopped sending a signal around 19 April when it was empty and idling near the eastern entrance of Hormuz, before loading its cargo whilst not broadcasting its position.

Adnoc has exported two other shipments from the Persian Gulf on tankers that went dark when traversing the waterway—one to Japan and the other to China, suggesting Persian Gulf exporters have found ways to deliver fuel to customers, though this represents only a fraction of pre-war volumes, when roughly three tankers carrying the super-chilled fuel exited Hormuz on a daily basis.

Hormuz has remained virtually shut as the US and Iran struggle to reach a peace agreement, with both sides enforcing a de facto blockade on a waterway that normally handles about a fifth of global LNG supply.

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched an air war against Iran and assassinated its supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Vessels continue to face security threats, and most of the transits through Hormuz take place with transponders turned off to avoid detection. 

Source: Swarajya 

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