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Straits of Malacca traffic set to increase
(The Star Online)
May 12, 2008
THE annual traffic volume at the already congested Straits of Malacca is expected to further swell by 42.9% to about 100, 000 vessels in less than a decade, according to Malaysian Shipowners Association (Masa) chairman Nordin Mat Yusoff.
The forecast is based on growing trade volume as well as the up trend from the 44,000 vessels plying the straits annually in 1999 to about 70,000 vessels recorded last year ...... Read more on The Star Online
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