Danish shipping giant Maersk said one of its commercial vessels successfully transited through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz under U.S. military protection.
The Alliance Fairfax, a U.S.-flagged ship operated by Farrell Lines, a subsidiary of Maersk Line Limited (MLL), completed the journey without incident on Monday, the company said in a statement, with all crew members safe and unharmed.
The ship had been stranded at sea since the U.S. and Israeli-led war against Iran broke out on Feb. 28, Maersk said.
It comes as the U.S. Navy seeks to deliver on President Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom” initiative, a plan to free ships that have been stranded by Iran’s closure of the strait, a narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
Typically, about 20% of the world’s oil and gas passes through the Strait of Hormuz, but shipping traffic has virtually halted since the war began.
