Shipping Giant CMA-CGM Joins Maersk In Red Sea Return

Yemen rebel attacks had prompted shipping giant CMA-CGM and others to suspend transit through the Red Sea (Credit: AFP)

French shipping giant CMA-CGM has resumed some transit through the Red Sea, days after Danish group Maersk announced it would return as a US-led naval coalition is now policing the maritime route against Yemeni rebel attacks.

The attacks prompted shipping companies to reroute vessels around the southern tip of Africa earlier this month -- a longer and more expensive trip than the Red Sea route that links up with the Suez Canal.