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A Descriptive Method for Analysing the Kra Canal Decision on Maritime Business Patterns in Malaysia A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Abdul Rahman, Noorul Shaiful Fitri; Mohd Salleh, Nurul Haqimin; Ahmad Najib, Ahmad Fayas; Lun, Venus Article A descriptive method for analysing the Kra Canal decision on maritime business patterns in Malaysia Journal of Shipping and Trade (JST) Provided in Cooperation with: Shipping Research Centre (SRC), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Suggested Citation: Abdul Rahman, Noorul Shaiful Fitri; Mohd Salleh, Nurul Haqimin; Ahmad Najib, Ahmad Fayas; Lun, Venus (2016) : A descriptive method for analysing the Kra Canal decision on maritime business patterns in Malaysia, Journal of Shipping and Trade (JST), ISSN 2364-4575, SpringerOpen, London, Vol. 1, Iss. 13, pp. 1-16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41072-016-0016-0 This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/217510 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. 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Journal of Shipping and Trade (2016) 1:13 Journal of Shipping DOI 10.1186/s41072-016-0016-0 and Trade ORIGINALARTICLE Open Access A descriptive method for analysing the Kra Canal decision on maritime business patterns in Malaysia Noorul Shaiful Fitri Abdul Rahman1*, Nurul Haqimin Mohd Salleh1, Ahmad Fayas Ahmad Najib1 and Venus Y. H. Lun2 * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract 1Department of Maritime Management, School of Maritime The Kra Canal issue has widely been discussed by maritime players, such as policy Business and Management, makers, regulators, and shipping and port operators. It seems that the idea of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, developing the Kra Canal is most welcome due to the great savings in costs, Terengganu, Malaysia Full list of author information is higher levels of safety and shortened distance compared to the journey via available at the end of the article the Strait of Malacca. This phenomenon will most likely challenge the current maritime business activities in Malaysia because the total foreign going ships that call at the main ports are expected to be reduced. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to study the possible implications of the Kra Canal decision on the changes in maritime business patterns in Malaysia by focussing on the geographical aspects and logistics distribution. A descriptive analysis method will be used together with the PESTLES analysis in addressing the research objective. Finally, the positive and negative implications of the issue discussed are highlighted. Also, future maritime business strategies are proposed after taking into consideration the reshaping of the economies because of the accessibility of this new maritime route. Keywords: Kra Isthmus canal, Maritime business patterns, Logistics distribution, Port geographic, Maritime economy, PESTLES analysis, Descriptive analysis Introduction The Kra Canal (otherwise known as the Thai canal or the Kra Isthmus Canal) has been debated among journalists, the academia and politicians since the late 17th century. Recently, Thailand and China have reported the signing of an agreement in Guangzhou, China, for developing the Kra Canal as part of the so called Maritime Silk Road (Liang and Li 2015). However, both China and Thailand have denied of any related agreement signed (Wongcha-um 2015; Ryan 2015). Kinder (2007) and Su (2015) indicated that the proposed canal will connect the Gulf of Thailand in the South China Sea directly to the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean and bypass the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (Fig. 1). The proposed canal project is estimated to be completed within eight to ten years at the cost of $28 billion USD (Su 2015). The industry players in the maritime field appear to be highly receptive to the Kra Canal because the canal will enable ships to bypass the Malacca Strait thus reducing © The Author(s). 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Abdul Rahman et al. Journal of Shipping and Trade (2016) 1:13 Page 2 of 16 Fig. 1 Proposed Kra Canal (Thalang 2015) voyage distance by 1,200 km. A shortened single journey means that ships could reduce up to 72 h of sailing time. Therefore, this will very likely attract the crossing of vessels. Definitely, shipping and logistics companies would welcome the reduced operating and voyaging costs between East Asia and Europe. Besides that, a shorter trip would also reduce the risk of running into pirates and avoid congestion. In addition, the length of the canal is proposed to be 102 km, 400 m in width and 25 m in depth (Su 2015; Cathcart 2008). This will allow the passage of any type of cargo vessel, up to ultra large crude carriers (300,000 deadweight tonnage (dwt)), or supertankers, the largest pres- ently operating cargo vessel in the world (Gulf Times 2015). This has been verified by the Kra Canal International Forum (2014) on their website, see Fig. 2. Fig. 2 Proposed design parameters of canal (Kra Canal International Forum 2014) Abdul Rahman et al. Journal of Shipping and Trade (2016) 1:13 Page 3 of 16 This new development will certainly change the landscape of maritime transportation in the region, if not the world. The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said, “It was Thailand’s right to build the canal since it is within its territories, and we just have to make adjustment. There will be reshaping of economies because of the new accessibility, then we just have to find a way how to benefit from it” (Business 2002a). Therefore, the intention of this paper is to study the possible implications of the Kra Canal decision on the changing pattern of maritime business in Malaysia by focussing on the geographical aspects and logistics distribution. Literature review The history of proposing the Kra Canal or Kra Isthmus Canal has been widely discussed by researchers (Khalid 2006; Kinder 2007; Cathcart 2008; Sulong 2012; Thongsin 2002; Chulikpongse 1985). The idea of developing a canal through the narrow southern end of Thailand was proposed over 200 years ago (late 19th century) by Siamese King Narai (Min 2015). However, due to uncertain reasons (e.g., economic, political, investment or capital), the proposed project was rejected and any further discussion or action terminated. However, China and Thailand now plan to continue this project for practical reasons (e.g., economic, safety, and trade) (Su 2015; Sulong 2012; Liang and Li 2015; Thongsin 2002). Consequently, the potential effects of the Kra Canal project on the Malaysian port and shipping sectors have been studied by national and international researchers. According to Khalid (2006), the potential effects on Malaysia are: 1) a reduction in ship traffic in the Malacca Strait, 2) a reduction in ship calls at local ports, 3) a decrease in container throughput at the local ports, 4) negative multiplier effects on the ancillary sectors, and 5) changes in trade and economic development patterns. However, the discussion is more on providing a descriptive analysis without involving any concrete and solid study. Therefore, a further study was conducted by Sulong (2012) which concerned the impact on international relations in Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional relations. It seems that the relation among the neighbouring countries will be drastically affected in terms of their economy, culture and politics. The latest study conducted by Su (2015) listed 10 global implications resultant of the proposed Kra Canal, as follows. i. The canal will provide an alternative route in lieu of the congested Strait of Malacca. ii. Voyage distances can be reduced by 1,200 km and voyage time by 2 to 5 days, thus allowing for higher vessel utilisation. iii. The estimated bunker savings for a 100,000 dwt oil tanker is $350,000 per trip. iv. Bulk shipments (e.g., oil tankers) that are chartered for direct shore to shore voyages will benefit the most. v. Large container ships that must make frequent stops many not benefit as much - vessel capacity may not be sufficiently utilised when skipping ports in Southeast Asia. vi. Thailand may greatly benefit from the canal toll fees, port facility charges and development in the surrounding area. vii.Eighty percent of China’s oil goes through the Strait of Malacca; the Kra Canal may reduce shipping costs and reliance on the strait, and also minimise the threat of the blockade of the strait. Abdul Rahman et al. Journal of Shipping and Trade (2016) 1:13 Page 4 of 16 viii.Singapore’s status as a maritime transhipment hub may be negatively affected with vessels bypassing the Malacca Strait all together.
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