Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam Governance in United Arab Emirates on March 11, 2026.
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Five LPG carriers, all Indian flagged and bound for India, are anchored north off Dubai-Ras Al Khaimah, just southwest of the Strait of Hormuz, as per ship tracker websites.
Appearing to bunch together so they can troop out of the strait, these ships carry more than 1.7 lakh tonnes of LPG . But they were not moving on a day Iran seemed to clamp down on any ship movement across the…