With 3,000 containers stuck in Pakistan, Iran explores more land routes

Karachi, Pakistan — At Karachi port, the largest in Pakistan, 3,000 stranded containers hold cargo that was meant to be shipped to Iran. What’s in them is not known.

But the vessels that were supposed to collect them have not arrived — and with tensions in the Strait of Hormuz escalating, there is no clarity on when those ships might finally be able to reach Karachi.

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