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. | Photo Credit: Reuters 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 — equivalent to nearly six days of India’s current import requirements. But they were not moving on a day Iran seemed to clamp down on any ship movement across the strait after earlier saying it would approve ships of friendly countries to pass through. Read: Iran-Israel war LIVE On Friday (March 27, 2026), Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that they had turned back three ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, adding the route was closed to vessels travelling to and from ports linked to its “enemies”. “This morning, …