New Delhi, March 16 -- The LPG tanker Shivalik, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz, reached Mundra Port in Gujarat on Monday amid cooking gas shortages in the country triggered by the Middle East conflict.

Iranian authorities permitted two Indian-flagged ships transporting liquefied petroleum gas to transit the strategic waterway. Along with Shivalik, the other vessel cleared for passage was Nanda Devi.

Earlier, Shipping Ministry Special Secretary Rajesh Kumar Sinha said on Saturday that the vessels Shivalik and Nanda Devi were expected to arrive on March 16 and March 17, respectively.

The secretary said that all Indian seafarers in the Persian Gulf region were safe and that no untoward incidents involving them had been reporte...