# India identifies 13 ships for evacuation from Strait of Hormuz 2026-08-05T23:13:05+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Agencies have identified 13 of the 25 India-bound vessels currently in the Strait of Hormuz for evacuation, the Times of India reported, the group includes eight ships carrying fertiliser for the Kharif crop and three carrying energy products, and 17 India-flagged vessels, along with foreign-flagged ships, are bound for India, with Indian seafarers among both crews. Officials said 67 ships of Indian interest have crossed the conflict-hit channel since the war began. Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, chairing a review meeting with senior officials, said 4,052 stranded Indian seafarers have been repatriated after the maritime regulator DGMA fielded 16,448 calls and 40,594 emails through its emergency response, alongside medical help, counselling and family support, adding that financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh is being provided to the next of kin of those who died. With the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden currently high-risk maritime zones, the government has cautioned ships and shipping lines transiting them. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Times of India's account is built from figures given at the shipping minister's review meeting: 13 of the 25 vessels in the Hormuz region identified for evacuation, 67 ships of Indian interest already through the channel, and 4,052 seafarers repatriated. The call and email volumes Sonowal cited, 16,448 and 40,594, measure the size of the response rather than the risk now facing shipping, and the report names neither the 13 vessels nor when they will move. The repatriation count, which Sonowal put at 4,052, is the figure that will show how far the operation has got. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Strait of Hormuz Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/25-india-bound-ships-in-hormuz-government-set-to-evacuate-13-soon/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/25-india-bound-ships-in-hormuz-government-set-to-evacuate-13-soon/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.