I would really like to see a feasible alternative to the kra canal work.
pap will really be fucked big time when that happens. PSA will be obsolete. Just in time to celebrate their mega port in Tuas.
Huat ah.
Dumb Thai minister trying a political stunt for the southern restive regions.
Probably to assuage them for something.
The straits is congested but most pertinent question is:
Do the ships slow down and gets into a traffic jam?
The answer is NO.
Unload, transport,load again is messy, risky and more money. Not to mention the many 'taxes' along the way in developing countries. Why shippers would want to do this is a mystery.
Of course if the thais were to build a " kra canal" that start near bangkok and exits near tavoy in myanmar, thst is another thing. It will be suoer expensive to build. So they have come up with a alternative. Road and rail linking bangkok to tavoy.( dawei?).
Tavoy will be a port for myanmar, yunnan and thai exports to europe.