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Straits of Discord
Maritime transport is the backbone of global trade, moving over 80 per cent of goods traded worldwide by volume. Several ...
Explore why Thailand is emerging as ASEAN’s supply chain hub, with strong growth in EVs, electronics, agro-exports, and ...
The Strait of Hormuz is a critical maritime chokepoint that links the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and beyond to the high ...
A week after MH370 vanished, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced that a satellite communications company called Inmarsat ...
Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route for supply of oil and natural gas from the Middle East to other parts of the ...
A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to ...
A coalition of NGOs, activists, and residents has questioned the Straits of Malacca Waterfront Economic Zone (SM-WEZ) project and whether it will create 75,000 jobs as promised, pointing to ...
Medieval Bengal's links to the Straits world, a narrow stretch of water connecting to Southeast Asia and beyond, are overlooked. This world saw not only ocean-going vessels, but also coastal and ...
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the Philippine Sea, April 29, 2025. US Navy Photo. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is now sailing in the Malacca Strait meanwhile, fixed-wing aircraft squadrons of Carrier ...
The re-tasking of U.S. naval ships assigned to the western Pacific theater comes as China—now possessing the world's largest navy by hull count, with more than 370 vessels—expands its military ...
SINGAPORE: Since the start of 2025, a total of 50 sea robbery incidents have been reported in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. All of them took place in the Singapore Strait, according to ...
Thailand's land bridge megaproject aims to bypass the Strait of Malacca and transform global trade routes by 2030. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.