A French-owned container ship transited the Strait of Hormuz, a possible sign that Iran may no longer view France as an enemy nation after President Emmanuel Macron criticized US President Donald Trump’s stance on the conflict.The Malta-flagged Kribi, owned by French shipping group CMA CGM, transited the strategic waterway on April 2, according to MarineTraffic vessel tracking data. It is the first French-owned ship to transit the route since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran began in late February.The crossing came as Macron publicly broke with Trump over the war and rejected any military effort to reopen the strait.Speaking during a visit to South Korea, Macron said that proposals “sometimes expressed by the United States” to militarily secure the strategic waterway were not feasible.“This is unrealistic because it would take excessively long and anyone crossing the strait would face coastal threats,” he said, pointing to the threats posed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and missile capabilities.Read this also ‘Can’t contradict myself every day’: Macron takes a jibe at Trump on IranAccording to AFP, he said any solution required a “ceasefire and resumption of negotiations” with Iran.Macron also criticized Trump’s changing message on the conflict. “You have to be serious. When you want to be serious, you don’t say the opposite of what you said the day before every day. And maybe you shouldn’t talk every day.”It was not immediately clear how the ship secured safe passage. However, LSEG shipping data showed that the ship changed its destination to “Owner France” on Thursday before crossing Iranian territorial waters, indicating to Iranian authorities the nationality of its owner.The ship was originally destined for Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo. Tracking data later showed it moving south along the coast of Oman.CMA CGM did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The French Foreign Ministry declined to comment.Before the strait was effectively closed due to war, this route carried about one-fifth of the global oil and liquefied natural gas supply. The waterway is severely disrupted amid the wider Middle East conflict.Since the beginning of the US-led military operations, Trump has made varying statements on strategy, allies and tensions, drawing scrutiny domestically and internationally.