A Hazardous Game – The Strait of Malacca
... Strait in a loose sense as I not only discuss the geographic local, but also the wider vicinity and what is known as the 'Malacca Dilemma'. To those unfamiliar with the strait and question its value, it is worth noting that ~70,000 vessel sail ... ... ~15 million barrels of oil pass there daily or 1/3 of the global oil trade, as tankers move from mainly Middle East to Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, etc.) It is not the only passage available there (e.g. Lombok-Makassar or Sunda Strait [very shallow]),...
08.10.2013