French-Owned Ship Becomes First Western Freighter to Pass Hormuz Strait Since Start of Iran War

A Western-owned merchant vessel has openly transited the Hormuz Strait for the first time since the beginning of the war in Iran, raising questions over whether the owners paid the $2 million ‘Tehran Tax’.

Maltese-flagged, French-owned container ship the Kribi crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, departing the Persian Gulf, states publisher L’Agence France Presse. The medium-sized container ship did so with its radio-broadcasting transponder (AIS) turned on, and in doing do was the first Western owned or operated cargo ship to openly pass Iran since the beginning of March, the very early days of the joint U.S.-Israeli Operation…

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