{"id":40637,"date":"2026-04-04T05:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40637"},"modified":"2026-04-04T05:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:43:58","slug":"french-owned-ship-passes-through-strait-of-hormuz-as-irans-chokehold-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40637","title":{"rendered":"French-owned ship passes through Strait of Hormuz as Iran\u2019s chokehold continues"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A French-owned container ship safely\u00a0passed through the Strait of\u00a0Hormuz Friday, tracking data shows \u2014 possibly the first vessel<\/a> with ties to Western Europe to travel through the\u00a0critical waterway since Iran put it in a chokehold.<\/p>\n

The Kribi vessel, which is operated by French shipping company CMA CGM and was sailing under a Malta flag, had set off from Dubai on Thursday, according to the MarineTraffic vessel tracking website.<\/p>\n

By Friday, the ship had crossed through the channel and was sailing south along the coast of Oman, per the data.<\/p>\n

The passage marks the first time a French-owned vessel is believed to have made it through the Strait \u2014 the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which about one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil usually passes \u2014 since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran began at the end of February. <\/p>\n