- Title: Iran conflict triggers gas shortage, idles Indian fishing fleets
- Date: 16th March 2026
- Summary: MANGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA (MARCH 16, 2026) (ANI- No use India) FISHING BOATS DOCKED AT HARBOUR BOAT LEAVING HARBOUR BOATS DOCKED AT HARBOUR / WORKERS LOADING AND UNLOADING CRATES VARIOUS OF FISHERMEN ON A BOAT GAS CYLINDER ON BOAT VARIOUS OF WORKER COOKING WITH GAS GAS CYLINDER (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) FISHERMAN, SACHIN (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "We don't have commerc
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- Keywords: FISHING INDUSTRY INDIA gas crisis iran war israel middle east military conflict united states
- Location: MANGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA
- City: MANGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001445116032026RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Fishing operations in the southern Indian city of Mangaluru were largely suspended on Monday (March 16) as a shortage of cooking gas, linked to the conflict in Iran, left fishermen unable to set out to sea.
Multi-day fishing voyages rely on cooking gas cylinders, which crews need to prepare meals while offshore.
Indian state fuel retailers' sale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) slowed in the first half of March, preliminary data showed, as the country reels from its worst LPG crisis in decades due to shipping disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
India buys about 90% of its imports of LPG - mainly used for cooking - from the Middle East and its supplies have been disrupted after traffic through the strait ground to a near standstill in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
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