Maritime air patrols to enhance security of the Malacca Strait
"Lloyds of London, recently classified the Malacca Strait as a war-risk zone. This is likely to send shipping insurance premiums soaring, and will have a significant impact on the costs associated with sailing through the Strait"
http://www.rsi.sg/english/connections/v ... 45/1/.html
"The Strait of Malacca, linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans, is the shortest sea route between three of the world's most populous countries -- India, China, and Indonesia -- and therefore is considered to be the key choke point in Asia. The narrowest point of this shipping lane is the Phillips Channel in the Singapore Strait, which is only 1.5 miles wide at its narrowest point. This creates a natural bottleneck, with the potential for a collision, grounding, or oil spill (in addition, piracy is a regular occurrence in the Singapore Strait). If the strait were closed, nearly half of the world's fleet would be required to sail further, generating a substantial increase in the requirement for vessel capacity. All excess capacity of the world fleet might be absorbed, with the effect strongest for crude oil shipments and dry bulk such as coal. Closure of the Strait of Malacca would immediately raise freight rates worldwide. More than 50,000 vessels per year transit the Strait of Malacca. With Chinese oil imports from the Middle East increasing steadily, the Strait of Malacca is likely to grow in strategic importance in coming years"
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/choke.html#malacca
"Shipping (by tonnage) in the South China Sea is dominated by raw materials en route to East Asian countries. Tonnage via Malacca and the Spratly Islands is dominated by liquid bulk such as crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG), with dry bulk (mostly coal and iron ore) in second place. Nearly two-thirds of the tonnage passing through the Strait of Malacca, and half of the volume passing the Spratly Islands, is crude oil from the Persian Gulf. Oil flows through the Strait of Malacca rose to 8.2 million barrels/day in 1996, and rising Asian oil demand could result in a doubling of these flows over the next two decades"
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... y-ship.htm
Pirates in the strait.....
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China's oil to be exhausted within 14 years - research report
"The SASS report further stated that the country's oil transportation security is not guaranteed, because 90% of its total imports are by sea and most of it is delivered via the narrow and vulnerable Malacca Strait"
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp? ... L-RESOURCE
"The SASS report further stated that the country's oil transportation security is not guaranteed, because 90% of its total imports are by sea and most of it is delivered via the narrow and vulnerable Malacca Strait"
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp? ... L-RESOURCE
Fires in Indonesia Cause Ecological Crisis
"We are breathing in poison every day. Things have never been this bad"
http://www.rednova.com/news/science/206 ... al_crisis/
The epicentre of Malaysia's haze crisis plunged into twilight
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=engdetails&id=5449
GOVT TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL RAIN TO REDUCE SMOG
"Malaysia would also help with a mechanical method of land clearing to replace the traditional slash and burn used by the people"
http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=5691
"We are breathing in poison every day. Things have never been this bad"
http://www.rednova.com/news/science/206 ... al_crisis/
The epicentre of Malaysia's haze crisis plunged into twilight
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=engdetails&id=5449
GOVT TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL RAIN TO REDUCE SMOG
"Malaysia would also help with a mechanical method of land clearing to replace the traditional slash and burn used by the people"
http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=5691
Strait of Malacca to Retain 'War Risk' Zone Designation
""during the question and answer session that followed, shipowners and government representatives questioned the methodology employed by Aegis. It was suggested that in relation to the Malacca Strait, Aegis might have confused threat assessment with vulnerability assessment. Although the Strait was vulnerable, there had not been a single terrorist attack in the last 13 years."
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/in ... /58569.htm
Aust, US and Singapore join sea exercise
"The strait is vulnerable to attack by pirates, and intelligence experts fear extremists could seize a tanker and turn it into a floating bomb"
http://seven.com.au/news/worldnews/100772
The Marine Electronic Highway
http://www.imo.org/includes/blastDataOn ... rticle.pdf
""during the question and answer session that followed, shipowners and government representatives questioned the methodology employed by Aegis. It was suggested that in relation to the Malacca Strait, Aegis might have confused threat assessment with vulnerability assessment. Although the Strait was vulnerable, there had not been a single terrorist attack in the last 13 years."
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/in ... /58569.htm
Aust, US and Singapore join sea exercise
"The strait is vulnerable to attack by pirates, and intelligence experts fear extremists could seize a tanker and turn it into a floating bomb"
http://seven.com.au/news/worldnews/100772
The Marine Electronic Highway
http://www.imo.org/includes/blastDataOn ... rticle.pdf