Indian crude tanker was loading when Fujairah terminal was attacked; vessel and crew safe, returning to India

India-flagged crude oil tanker Jag Laadki, which was loading oil at the UAE’s Fujairah port on Saturday when theoil terminal there came under attack, safely set sail for India from the port on Sunday morning, the government said Sunday.

Jag Laadki is carrying around 80,800 tonnes of Murban crude — a crude grade produced by the UAE — and the tanker as well as all Indian seafarers on board are safe.

According to ship databases, Jag Laadki was built in 2010 and is currently owned and operated by Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company.

The war in West Asia has heavily disrupted vessel movements in the region from where a sizable chunk of global energy supplies originate.

While the Fujairah port is in the Gulf of Oman and ships coming from there to India don’t need to cross the perilous waters of the Strait of Hormuz, the incident highlights the threat to merchant vessel safety in other parts of the region as well.

“On 14 March 2026, while the Indian-flag vessel Jag Laadki was loading crude oil at the Fujairah Single Point Mooring, the Fujairah oil terminal was attacked.

The vessel sailed safely from Fujairah at 1030 hrs IST today carrying about 80,800 MT of Murban crude oil and is bound for India.

The vessel and all Indian seafarers onboard are safe,” the government said in a release.

Jag Laadki is the fourth India-flagged ship to have exited the region around the Strait of Hormuz since the conflict started on February 28.

Vessel tracking data shows that the tanker had departed for Fujairah fromChennaion February 26.

Prior to Jag Laadki, two India-flagged LPG tankers owned by the Shipping Corporation of India—Shivalik and Nanda Devi—had safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz between Friday night and Saturday morning, and were on their way to ports in Gujarat.

Earlier in the week, fuel tanker Jag Prakash—also owned and operated by Great Eastern Shipping—had departed with gasoline, or petrol, from Sohar in Oman for Tanzania’s Tanga.

Sohar, like Fujairah, is to the south-east of the Strait of Hormuz.

Sukalp Sharma is a Deputy Associate Editor with The Indian Express and writes on a host of subjects and sectors, notably energy and aviation.

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