Singapore Strait

The Singapore Strait is the roughly 105 km waterway between Singapore and Indonesia’s Riau Islands, the eastern continuation of the Malacca chokepoint linking the Strait of Malacca to the South China Sea. One of the world’s busiest sea lanes, it’s narrow, shallow in places, and dense with crossing traffic, governed by an IMO-adopted traffic separation scheme. It records recurring armed robbery against ships, especially in its eastbound lanes, tracked by the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre and addressed by the Malacca Strait Patrols. Pilotage and under-keel clearance are tight for deep-draft tankers and boxships.