Pakistan is back building cargo ships after a gap of more than 40 years.

The country’s Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) said it had played a pivotal role in reviving a project to construct a 1,100-teu feeder container ship for state shipowner Pakistan National Shipping Corp (PNSC).

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The order at Karachi Ship & Engineering Works (KSEW) “strengthens the country’s maritime future”, the SIFC added.