Shipping Companies Plan Suez Canal Return

Big shipping companies are thinking about going back to using the Suez Canal, which is a shortcut for ships going between Europe and Asia.

They stopped using it for a while because there were attacks by a group called the Houthis in the Red Sea.

Now, there's a ceasefire, so some companies are testing the waters.

Maersk, a Danish company, sent one ship through and it went well, but they're not ready to fully go back yet.

CMA CGM, another big company, will start using the canal again for some of its routes in January.

Hapag-Lloyd, a German company, says it will be a slow process and will take a few months to get everything back to normal.

Wallinius Wilhelmsen, a Norwegian company, is still checking things out and isn't ready to go back yet.

They all want to make sure it's safe before they start using the canal again.