Gone dark, fear lurked| India News

It was a journey that brought a ship to India via the Strait of Hormuz; it was also one that traveled via a pre-digital age while the oil-rich West Asia is engulfed by a digitally-driven war of drones and missiles.

Shenlong Suezmax, the crude oil tanker from Saudi Arabia docking at the Mumbai port after transiting via the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened Middle East tensions. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)
Shenlong Suezmax, the crude oil tanker from Saudi Arabia docking at the Mumbai port after transiting via the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened Middle East tensions. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

The Liberia-flagged oil tanker Shenlong Suezmax docked at Mumbai’s Jawahar Dweep on Wednesday, March 11, having depended on manual navigation and a complete digital blackout as it braved the conflict triggered by the US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28.

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