India, March 13 -- It was a journey that brought a ship to India via the Strait of Hormuz; it was also one that traveled via a pre-digital age while the oil-rich West Asia is engulfed by a digitally-driven war of drones and missiles.

The Liberia-flagged oil tanker Shenlong Suezmax docked at Mumbai's Jawahar Dweep on Wednesday, March 11, having depended on manual navigation and a complete digital blackout as it braved the conflict triggered by the US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28.

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The vessel is the first to successfully deliver a cargo of crude oil to India via the Strait of Hormuz since the conflict began on February 28, effectively turning the vital waterway into a war zone.

The tanker,...