By Nidhi Verma

NEW DELHI, March 28 (Reuters) - Shipping data from the London Exchange Group and Kpler showed that the liquefied petroleum gas tankers BW Elm and BW Tire were crossing the Strait of Hormuz bound for India.

The US-Israeli war on Iran has brought shipping in the Strait to a near standstill, but Iran said a few days ago that "non-hostile ships" could pass through if they coordinated with Iranian authorities.

The data showed that the two ships flying the Indian flag had crossed the Gulf region and were now in the eastern Strait of Hormuz.

India is currently working to gradually move its stranded LPG shipments out of the strait, and has so far moved four shipments via the tankers Shivalik, Nanda Devi, Paine Gas and Jag Vasant.

Rajesh Kumar Sinha, an official with India's shipping ministry, said that as of Friday, 20 Indian-flagged vessels, including five LPG tankers, were stuck in the Gulf.

Data from the London Stock Exchange Group indicates that the LPG tankers Jag Vikram, Green Asha and Green Sanvi are still in the western sector of the Strait of Hormuz.

India, the world's second-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), is facing its worst gas crisis in decades. The government has reduced supplies to industries in order to protect households from any shortages of cooking gas.

The country consumed 33.15 million tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), or cooking gas, last year. Imports accounted for about 60 percent of the demand, with approximately 90 percent of those imports coming from the Middle East.

India is also loading liquefied petroleum gas onto its empty ships stranded in the Gulf.