UPDATE 2-Hapag-Lloyd to decide on Wednesday about Red Sea routes

Germany's Hapag-Lloyd will decide on Wednesday whether to resume journeys through the Red Sea, a spokesperson said on Tuesday as Maersk prepared to return 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, disrupting global trade through the Suez Canal. "We will decide tomorrow how we will proceed," a Hapag-Lloyd spokesperson said on Tuesday, declining to comment further.