The cross-strait trade activities taking place along the Straits of Malacca and Singapore have encouraged the growth of a number of coastal ports visited mainly by barter boats and vessels criss-crossing the Straits. This cross-strait traffic poses a hazard to safe navigation in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.

'The Cross-Strait Traffic in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore: An Impediment to Safe Navigation' (2012) 141 RSIS Commentary

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