Two India-Bound LPG Tankers Add to Uptick in Hormuz Transits

May 14, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Two India-bound vessels laden with cooking fuel from the Persian Gulf appear to have transited the Strait of Hormuz, making them the latest to exit despite continued restrictions from the US and Iran.

One of the liquefied petroleum gas carriers, Symi, emerged in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday after turning off its transponder, with the other — NV Sunshine — also following suit a few hours later.

The two passages take the number of large ships carrying oil, fuel and gas that have made it through Hormuz since Sunday to ten. That's an increase from recent weeks and comes despite a deadlock in negotiations to end the war.

A growing number of Persian Gulf exporters are managing to get their cargoes out. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is among those that have been shipping fuel on vessels moving through the strait without broadcasting their locations.

The NV Sunshine, which loaded LPG at the United Arab Emirates' Ruwais refinery, appeared in the Gulf of Oman late Thursday morning, after last transmitting its location east of Iran's Larak Island a few hours earlier before going dark, ship-tracking data show. It was initially broadcasting India's Mangalore as a destination, but is now indicating Kandla in western India. The Symi is transporting fuel from Qatar's Ras Laffan to Kandla.

The other eight vessels that have recently made it through the strait include three more with LPG, four very large crude carriers and one liquefied natural gas tanker. Some are still inside the US blockade line that runs from Rad al Hadd in Oman to the Iran-Pakistan border.

The Agios Fanourios I, a Vietnam-bound supertanker laden with Iraqi crude, is currently idling in the Gulf of Oman after having been turned around by the US Navy. Sailing past it on Thursday was the Chinese tanker Yuan Hua Hu, which has crossed the American blockade line, with Japan's Eneos Endeavor trailing behind it very near the line.

Another VLGC, the Tara Gas that was known to have dabbled in the Iranian trade, also recently crossed the US line, heading in the direction of India.

Hormuz transit date	Vessel name	IMO	Vessel type	Cargo origin	Destination	Remarks
May 10	Kiara M	9285823	VLCC	Iraq	Oman
May 10	Agios Fanourios I	9759824	VLCC	Iraq	Vietnam	US Navy says they turned the ship around
May 11	Tara Gas	9290270	VLGC	Unknown	Unknown	Has been singled out for links to Iran
May 11	Mihzem	9986635	LNG carrier	Qatar	Pakistan
May 12	Lumina Polaris	9264908	VLGC	UAE	Singapore
May 13	Yuan Hua Hu	9723588	VLCC	Iraq	China	Third Chinese VLCC to cross
May 13	Eneos Endeavor	9924091	VLCC	UAE, Kuwait	Japan	Second Japanese VLCC to cross
May 13	Tania Star	9200469	MGC	Iran	Unknown	US-sanctioned
May 13 or 14	Symi	9406269	MGC	Qatar	India
May 14	NV Sunshine	9350288	VLGC	UAE	India

Data compiled from various ship-tracking platforms by Bloomberg News as of May 14. Details may change as more information come to light.

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Fuente: GCAPTAIN_NEWS