Pakistan on Tuesday began construction of a 1,100 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container ship for the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) at the Karachi Shipyard, aiming to bolster the country’s maritime capacity and reduce dependence on foreign shipping, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs said.

A Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) cargo vessel originally bound for India’s Kandla Port has been diverted to Singapore amidst rising tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.