NEW YORK, April 3. /TASS/. A container carrier of French shipping company CMA CGM successfully sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and became the first Western mercantile ship that managed to that after the start of the conflict in the Middle East, Bloomberg reports, citing marine traffic monitoring data.

Kribi container ship flying the Maltese flag started to move towards the Iranian coast along the strait on Thursday afternoon. She reached the Oman coast on Friday morning.

France’s Foreign Ministry and CMA CGM did not respond to the news agency’s request for comment.