In a move to reshape global maritime trade Thailand has unveiled plans for a $28 billion (£22bn) land bridge across its southern isthmus. This ambitious project aims to connect the Gulf of ...

Once completed, the project will help vessels avoid the Malacca Strait, cut travel time by an average of four days and lower shipping costs by 15%. The government also plans to enact a new law to ...

Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit expressed hopes for the SEC Act to be effective by September. Under Pheu Thai’s ...

China sees in Thailand’s ‘land-bridge’ project a solution to its strategic vulnerability due to over-dependence on the Strait ...

Over a century after the original Pamban Bridge was built across the Palk Strait in Rameswaram, India launched a state-of-the ...

The 100km (62-mile) connection would cut shipping times between the Indian and Pacific oceans by bypassing the Malacca Strait – a narrow sea lane between Malaysia and Singapore that is one of ...

The Pamban Bridge is being compared to famous ones like the Golden Gate Bridge in the USA, Tower Bridge in the UK, and the Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden.