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How the U.S. military and Maersk got a ship to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
The chief executive of Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, said Thursday that one of its commercial vessels was able to successfully pass through the Strait of Hormuz thanks to a “very well executed mission” by the U.S. Navy. Maersk confirmed earlier in the week that Alliance Fairfax, a U.S.-flagged ship operated by Farrell Lines, a subsidiary of Maersk Line Ltd., or MLL, completed its transit through the narrow waterway and the Persian Gulf without incident on Monday, accompanied by the U.S. military. In doing so, the vessel became one of a relatively small number of ships to have safely ...