The Strait of Malacca is 80 km long, 65-to-150 km wide and 2.8 km at its narrowest point. From Malacca town, I could see the other side. Around 250 ships use it daily; it is congested with cargo ...

Japan's Defense Minister Nakatani Gen has agreed with his Indonesian counterpart to step up bilateral cooperation in the ...

The Malacca Strait, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, along with the Singapore Strait, continues to be a focal point for piracy, primarily due to the high volume of commercial traffic and ...

It is about 96 miles long and only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, with shipping lanes in each direction ... a day that went through the the Strait of Malacca, a major international waterway ...

the Flotilla took part in the Battle of the Malacca Strait in which the Haguro, the flagship of the Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet, was sunk. At that point the end of the war was still three months away.

It is one of the world's busiest yet strategically important shipping lanes - a critical artery ... This pivot offers a ...