News / Suez authority eyes swift return to canal, but it's 'safety first' for carriers

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Container lines will not restart Suez Canal crossings until May at the earliest, believes Yang Ming chairman Tsai Feng-ming.

At the National Association of Chinese Shipowners’ Chinese New Year celebration on Friday, Dr Tsai said that while Israel and Hamas had reached a ceasefire on 19 January, shipping companies were still monitoring the situation to see if it would hold.

Dr Tsai said: “Even if the war ends in the next 60 days, it will take ...