JOHOR BAHARU, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM), Tuesday reassured that the Melaka Strait is safe for merchant ships. Internal Security and Public Order deputy director I, DCP Mohd Anuar Mohd Zain said the 780-nautical-mile strait was constantly under tight surveillance by the littoral states of Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
"With facilities like control towers and sophisticated radar, we are constantly monitoring it to ensure it is safe from piracy or hijackings," he told reporters when asked to comment on a report by Lloyds (a London insurance underwriter) which said the strait posed a high risk for merchant shipping...
Anuar said, according to Maritime Institute of Malaysia statistics, there were only 17 incidents which was only a 0.02 piracy threat when compared to the 63,000 ships that passed the strait last year...
Another article said some 50,000 ships. In any case, that's a lot of traffic. |