Thailand Takes $28 Billion Malacca Strait Bypass Plan to US

  • Premier Srettha urges US investors to join Landbridge project
  • Project seen cutting shipping time by four days, costs by 15%

The Malacca Strait is the shortest sea route linking the Asia-Pacific region to India and the Middle East.

Photographer: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
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Thailand is pitching a multibillion-dollar project that will significantly cut shipping times between the Indian and Pacific oceans by bypassing the Malacca Strait — one of the world’s busiest sea lanes.