New Delhi, May 14 -- Two LPG cargo vessels carrying supplies for India have safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz and are expected to arrive at Indian ports over the next few days amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, a senior government official said on Thursday, underlining the Centre's efforts to maintain uninterrupted fuel supplies in the country.

Addressing an inter-ministerial briefing in the national capital, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Mukesh Mangal, said SYMI, a Marshall Islands-flagged LPG carrier carrying 19,965 metric tonnes (MT) of LPG cargo for India with 21 foreign crew members onboard, safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz on May 13 and is expected to arrive at Kandla on May 16.

He fur...