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'Start your engines'? Shipping groups wary on Hormuz reopening

Hundreds of oil tankers and cargo ships have been stuck inside the Gulf since the Middle East war erupted on February 28.

LONDON - Shipping groups warned Monday that it was too soon to start sailing through the Strait of Hormuz following US and Iranian promises that the trade route would reopen under their agreement to end the war.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday declared: "Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!", as he announced the agreement to halt the conflict.

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