Pakistan Opens Iran Land Corridors as Region Scrambles for Routes Beyond Hormuz

Pakistan has opened six overland transit routes to move shipments into Iran, aiming to clear more than 3,000 containers stranded at Karachi and Port Qasim as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to choke maritime flows, according to Pakistan’s Dawn media outlet.

The move follows a statutory regulatory order issued last month by Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce, activating a 2008 bilateral road transport agreement with Iran, allowing third-country cargo to transit through Pakistani ports and overland corridors into Iran.