Regional shipping sways as India-Pakistan conflict disrupts Container Trade

The recent escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan has begun to ripple across regional shipping routes, triggering diversions, cost surges, and emerging logistical uncertainties that threaten to reshape South Asian maritime commerce.

The first tangible fallout has been felt in the form of rerouted vessels and rising freight rates.

According to Punit Oza, President of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, the conflict has led to…