The importance of a single passage depends not just on the trade it carries, but on the available alternatives. For some passages—such as the Red Sea, where attacks by the Houthis have sent insurance ...

Iran has effectively closed the narrow strait of Hormuz, a vital oil transit point, attacking more than a dozen ships over ...

China is conducting extensive undersea mapping across the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, raising concerns that it is ...

The ripple effects of disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran war are already being felt in countries like India, ...

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Our team went forth to try out Malacca’s famous Jonker Street eats and beyond, curating only the best and compiling into our very own ultimate Malacca food guide. We managed to hit a couple of bars ...

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has conducted a table-top exercise with Indonesia and Malaysia to enhance regional coordination and strengthen response capabilities for oil spills.

I was on a liquor-drenched party boat that was sailing in the Strait of Malacca, one of the busiest and most important shipping lanes in the world today, when I saw its namesake in the distance. From ...

Halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Malacca was once one of the richest ports on the East-West spice routes. Today its small historic centre presents a kaleidoscope of 600 years of culture and ...

Perhaps no dish encapsulates Malacca’s tiny Portuguese community better than debal curry. Once a luxury reserved for Christmastime, it’s become far more common over the years. Tim McDonald The ...

Once at the heart of the global spice trade, Malacca is pumping nearly $3 billion into an ambitious plan to put itself in demand in a different hot commodity - oil. The Malaysian state is reclaiming ...