Shipping firms take first steps towards Red Sea return

France’s CMA CGM is increasing the number of vessels travelling through the Suez Canal, it said on Tuesday, joining Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) in returning to the area after US-led efforts to prevent attacks.

The world’s top shipping companies, including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, stopped using Red Sea routes after Yemen’s Houthi militant group began targeting vessels this month,…