The shipping regulator, which had earlier banned shippers from deploying Indian staff on voyages to the strait, has softened its advisory, asking shipowners to obtain the consent of Indian seafarers before going through Hormuz
Indian oil refineries now hire their own tankers to collect oil in the Persian Gulf and deliver it through the Strait of Ormuz, Bloomberg reports. Companies conduct tenders themselves; some of them have already won the Sinokor Group and Dynacom Tankers Management.