Before the U.S. and Israel launched the war on February 28, about a third of globally traded urea - the world's most widely used fertiliser - and nearly half of seaborne sulphur, a key input, typically flowed through the strait.

New Delhi hopes that 10 Indian-flagged vessels that were caught to the west of the crucial waterway due to the outbreak of hostilities in February can return | India News

Eleven India-bound vessels, including three Indian-flagged crude oil tankers carrying about 2.85 lakh metric tonnes of crude each, have transited the Strait of Hormuz since June…