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BANGKOK, April 29 — The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has given Thailand impetus to advance a longstanding plan to create a logistics link between the Indian and Pacific oceans, with its government on Monday seeking to court Singapore as a potential investor.
Thailand’s government has said it is reviving a “Land Bridge” project across its narrow southern peninsula after recent disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz underscored the vulnerability of global shipping choke-points, including the nearby Malacca Strait.
The previous administration drafted a law for the Land Bridge but the proposal fell by the wayside during a bout of political turbulence, with public hearings and environmental and health impact assessments incomplete and some resistance from residents.
A proposal is expected to be submitted to cabinet in June or July and the government would seek investors for the estimated ฿1 trillion baht (RM121 billion) project, potentially starting in the third quarter, Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said at the weekend.
Alternative route
A decades-old idea, the Land Bridge envisions two deep-sea ports, one in Ranong on the Andaman Sea and another in Chumphon on the Gulf of Thailand, linked by 90 km of road and rail plus energy infrastructure like pipelines.
The project would offer an alternative route to the Malacca Strait, the 900-km long channel bounded by Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, which provides the shortest sea route from East Asia to the Middle East and Europe.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul outlined the plan during a meeting on Monday with Chan Chun Sing, the defence minister of Singapore, a big regional investor that sits at the end of the Malacca Strait, through which more than 100,000 mostly commercial ships passed last year.
“He sees it as an economic opportunity for Thailand and for foreign investors, if the project can be successfully pushed forward,” Thai government spokesperson Rachada Dhanadirek said, referring to Chan, adding he expressed interest in the plan.
Indonesia’s finance minister last week caused a stir by openly musing about ways countries could impose tolls on ships as a way to monetise the Malacca Strait, before saying that would not be possible and leading to several subsequent clarifications.
The Land Bridge is regarded as more viable than the “Kra Canal”, a centuries-old idea to cut a shipping passage across southern Thailand, which met resistence due to environmental, financial and security concerns. — Reuters
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told members of the media on Monday (April 20) that it is going ahead with a land bridge that would connect the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Significantly, the long-planned bridge will bypass the Strait of Malacca, which has been in the news lately in the context of the war in the Middle East and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused a global fuel crisis.
Mr Phiphat, who also oversees the Ministry of Transport, said the current situation has underscored the importance of key shipping routes and that the government will move forward with the project, which will cost 1 trillion baht (around S$40 billion).
Bloomberg quoted him as saying, “The Middle East conflict has demonstrated the advantage of controlling a transport route. Thailand will have a great advantage by operating the link between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.”
Land bridge
The land bridge would allow for a trade route across the southern part of the country, which separates the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean from the Gulf of Thailand, which is part of the Pacific Ocean. This would mean an alternative transport route to the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes. The strait regularly gets highly congested due to its narrow shape, particularly at the Philip Channel between Singapore and Indonesia’s Riau Islands, where it spans approximately 1.7 to 2.8 kilometres (roughly 1.5 to 2 nautical miles).
Furthermore, Mr Phiphat added that the land bridge would mean that the shipping time between the Indian and Pacific Oceans would be decreased by an average of four days, with around 15% decease in shipping costs as well.
For the project to proceed, the Thai government needs to pass the necessary legislation. Should it get a green light this year, the land bridge is expected to be compacted by 2039 and break even in 24 years. Due to fuel sales to cargo ships, 58 billion baht (S$2.3 billion) is expected to be earned in the first year of operation of the land bridge.
Mr Phiphat noted that other countries, including the United Arab Emirates, have shown interest in the project, which needs the private sector, given its high cost. DP World and Hong Kong’s New World Development are also interested, Thai officials have said.
He told Bloomberg, “A project of this scale will also drive investment and job creation. We estimate it could generate around 200,000 new jobs.” /TISG
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This article (Thailand to build S$40 billion land bridge to bypass Malacca Strait) first appeared on The Independent Singapore News.
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