French-owned CMA CGM container ship passes Strait of Hormuz, data shows

Reuters ^ | Nerijus Adomaitis and Dominique Vidalon

[MinorityRepublican]

A container ship belonging to French shipping group CMA CGM has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, MarineTraffic vessel tracking data shows, in a sign that Iran may not consider France a hostile nation.

The Malta-flagged Kribi, owned by CMA CGM, crossed the Strait on April 2. It is the first French-owned vessel to make it through the channel since US-Israeli attacks began on Iran at the end of February.

Until the war led to the effective closure of the Strait, it was the route for about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.

It was not immediately clear how the vessel, which the data shows is sailing south along the coast of Oman, secured safe passage. CMA CGM did not respond to a request for comment. French President Emmanuel Macron's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether his government had brokered the ships' passage.

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TOPICS: France; Iran
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[BlackbirdSST]

It was not immediately clear how the vessel, which the data shows is sailing south along the coast of Oman, secured safe passage.

Was it flying a white flag?

[pas]

Probably paid for passage.

[ConservativeMind]

France has no problems paying criminals.

[kaktuskid]

France harbored the Ayatollah.

[Alberta's Child]

Well, President Trump DID tell the Europeans to go open the Strait of Hormuz themselves — didn’t he?

[iamgalt]

“in a sign that Iran may not consider France a hostile nation. “

Sounds about right

[Karl Spooner]

Strange, it was open before the unprovoked attack. Now Trump parks all of the Navies ships out of range of Iranian missiles and demands our Allies to finish the job because it's so "easy". Why doesn't he open up the strait if it's so easy? You know he would love to brag about that, all that oil, all that money! I could hear him now....

[Judge Bean]

I just checked the “Cruising Earth” Maps and Indian and Chinese Tankers are moving through the Strait now. I don’t know what kind of deal they made, but the French probably did as well...(paying the toll fee Iran wants to charge?)

[Parley Baer]

According to Jessie Watters, 3 ships passed through the strait yesterday that we know of.