French and Japanese-Owned Ships Make First Hormuz Crossings (1)

A French container ship and a Japanese-owned tanker have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, in what appear to be the first such transits since the war in Iran shuttered the crucial waterway.

The CMA CGM Kribi container ship exited the strait on Friday, according to ship tracking data compiled by Bloomberg and two people familiar with the situation. That’s the first ship linked to Western Europe that’s known to have made it through since the war began more than a month ago.

Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has practically halted since the US and Israel attacked Iran, with just ...