At least four oil and gas tankers have turned back from the Strait of Hormuz after renewed attacks on vessels in the strategically vital waterway heightened security concerns, according to ship-tracking data. Among them is the Indian-flagged Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Lila Vadinar, carrying 2 million barrels of Kuwaiti crude, which made a U-turn off the coast of Oman on Wednesday instead of entering the strait, reported Reuters.
Previously, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd has cancelled a vessel charter it had booked for loading crude oil from Iraq, two shipping sources told Reuters.
