India, March 19 -- For two weeks or so, headlines claimed that the Strait of Hormuz, which earlier accounted for a fifth to a third of global crude oil supplies, was effectively closed by Iran. In the past few days, there was news of a few ships crossing it to reach India, Pakistan, and a few Asian destinations. However, new data according to Lloyd's List Intelligence claims that 89 ships, which included 16 oil tankers, crossed the Strait between March 1 and 15, 2026. A fifth of them belonged to Iran, bulk of them claimed to be Chinese, either genuinely or as masquerades, and a few that reached other ports. There were some that were affiliated to Greece. Among them were two ships, Shivalik and Nanda Devi, which came to India, and carried ...