Thailand Land Bridge to speed goods transit
Spurred on by the chaos in the Strait of Hormuz, Thailand plans to build a $30 billion land corridor to offer a faster, cheaper route for goods travelling through the congested Strait of Malacca
LAND BRIDGE v MAJOR PORTS ON STRAIT OF MALACCA
LAND BRIDGE
Estimated 30% cheaper and 14 days faster than shipping through Strait of Malacca
THAILAND
New deep-water ports: Ranong
Chumphon
90km railway
Andaman Sea
Gulf of Thailand
Strait of Malacca
Bangkok
Port Klang
Port Tanjung Pelapas
Port of Singapore
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
CAPACITY
Land Bridge
20 million TEU*
*Twenty-foot equivalents – standard shipping container
15m
14m
45 million TEU
TRANS-SHIPMENT CARGOES
80% of container traffic at Malacca ports is transferred between vessels
Approx $3.5 trillion in global trade
Sources: Reuters, SeaTrade Maritime News
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