NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, March 29 -- Two India-flagged tankers hauling liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) arrived in the country after being cleared by Iran to transit the strategic Strait of Hormuz, even as two additional carriers, the BW Tyr and BW Elm, began their journey through the waterway on Saturday, officials aware of the matter said. According to the officials, the Jag Vasant, a 230-metre-long ship, dropped anchor around 8 pm on Friday at Vadinar, a terminal of the state-run Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), popularly called Kandla. Meanwhile, the second vessel -- the Indian Oil Corp-chartered Pine Gas -- entered Indian territorial waters on Friday night and is scheduled to reach its east-coast destination at the Adani Group-led Dhamra port in Odisha on April 2, they added. Both ships transited the strait safely by tracking the Iranian coastline closely on a route determined by Tehran authorities for vessels authorised for passage. The ships entered Indian waters slightly later than their expected schedules due to routine operational reasons, according to shipping authorities. At the Vadinar facility, spokesperson Omprakash Dadlani confirmed that the Jag Vasant's 14-member crew are in good spirits and sound health. The Bharat Petroleum Corp-chartered tanker was carrying 47,000 tonnes of LPG, the most widely used cooking fuel in the country. The shipment has since been transferred to another ship for onward transportation. The Pine Gas reached Indian territorial waters on Friday night and was headed to the Odisha facility, a second official aware of the matter said, requesting anonymity. The tankers made their way through a corridor between the Iranian islands of Larak and Qeshm, a route the Islamic republic says all vessels permitted by the country must take. Iran has effectively shut the Hormuz passage, critical for global maritime trade, in retaliation to the US and Israel's strikes that began on Feb 28....