{"id":98517,"date":"2026-05-05T09:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/98517\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:45:15","slug":"the-u-s-escorted-a-ship-through-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/98517\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. escorted a ship through the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence24.com\/author-page\/patryk-jagnieza\" target=\"_self\" class=\"article-author-block__avatar-wrap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/YRN6zjPjOsFTEmIc51TxanW10Bn0BuWa5NqsZOvP.5aon.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\" author=\"Robert Suchy\/Defence24\" caption=\"\" fullscreen=\"https:\/\/cdn.defence24.pl\/2026\/02\/26\/1920xpx\/YRN6zjPjOsFTEmIc51TxanW10Bn0BuWa5NqsZOvP.6isu.jpg\" class=\"img article-author-block__avatar img-avatar\"\/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The Danish company Maersk announced that one of its vessels had left the Strait of Hormuz. The Alliance Fairfax, sailing under the U.S. flag, was escorted by the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9E7w3JdUg8GXX7ZDYRopNeAxMNobQk0IXlokZgaj.uooo.jpg\" alt=\"cie\u015bnina Ormuz widziana z kosmosu\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\" author=\"nasa.gov\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"img image-with-caption__image\"\/><br \/>\n        Photo. nasa.gov<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-module\">\u201cAlliance Fairfax, a U.S.-flagged vehicle carrier, transited the Strait of Hormuz and exited the Persian Gulf on May 4,\u201d the company said in a statement released to AFP. Following the outbreak of war on February 28 between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, the ship had been stranded in the Persian Gulf. According to Iran International, the U.S. military offered the opportunity to leave the Middle East under armed escort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-module\">On Saturday, Donald Trump announced the imminent launch of Project Freedom, an operation aimed at escorting commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The first escorts coordinated by the U.S. Navy began on May 4. In response to Trump\u2019s decision, oil prices fell. The Emirati daily Gulf News assessed that the decline was driven more by market expectations than by any actual improvement in the regional situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-module\">\u201cMarkets are reacting to the mere prospect of ships moving again, but the system won\u2019t reset overnight. We should expect a real shock from delays,\u201d noted Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, a firm specialising in cross-border financial advisory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-module\">Iran had warned the United States against approaching the strait. On May 4, Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars News Agency reported that an American vessel had been struck by two missiles. The U.S. side denied the reports, stating that \u201cno U.S. vessel has been hit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Danish company Maersk announced that one of its vessels had left the Strait of Hormuz. 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