The new merger application was submitted with the Surface Transportation Board on April 30, after the regulators rejected the first attempt in January.
Shares of Canadian National Railway Co. slumped 6% on April 29, the most in more than five years, after it reported quarterly revenue of C$4.38 billion.
The economist Paul Krugman, a former New York Times columnist, said he believed most analysts had been “far too sanguine” about the effects of a prolonged Hormuz crisis.
In total, Ireland has spent around €755 million on fuel supports in recent months, as the country's fuel prices have surged since the start of the Iran war.
“The conflict in the Middle East has posed significant challenges to the safety and stability of global shipping,” China’s biggest container liner said.