In the first quarter of 2026, ship traffic in the Straits of Melaka and Singapore has set a new record being 26,143 ships transited the area, with an increase of +8.1% on the same period as last year. The new all-time record quarterly was achieved thanks to the new peaks of transits carried out by the main types of ships, starting from by container ships, which totaled 6,603 transits (+0.7%). A followed by tankers with 5,864 transits (+12.0%), bulk carriers with 5,242 transits (+6.7%), the very large crude carriers with 2,630 transits (+8.7%) and general cargo ships with 2,351 transits (+11,8%). On the other hand, the transits of ships for liquefied natural gas are decreased by -5.6% having been 1,054. New records also of the transits of passenger ships (889; +30.7%) and ro-ro ships (738; +51,1%).