Thailand's $28BN Mega Canal

For centuries, the Strait of Malacca has served as the single most vital gateway between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Making it one of the most strategic and geopolitically important regions on Earth. However, nearby Thailand plans to create a shortcut that would completely bypass it! But what exactly is this shortcut going to be?

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0:00 Thailand's $28BN Mega Canal
0:31 The Strait of Malacca
3:12 Previous Thai Canal Proposals
5:13 The Thai Canal
8:39 The Failure of the Thai Canal
9:40 Thailand’s Land Bridge Megaproject

#megaprojects #construction #canal
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[MegaBuildsYT]

What do you think, should Thailand really build such a massive canal or land bridge? 🤔

[magstheonlyone]

That land bridge is a goldmine for corruption

[PeterPing]

Thai here. This "land bridge" project is heavily criticized by almost everyone on how unfeasible it would be.

[frhyuhy]

The time it would take to unload a ship, load the cargo on trains, ship it across by rail, unload the train, and finaly load it back on a ship would cost more than the free route. The only value is the ports for goods going into or out of thailand.

[Arnold_X]

That Land Bridge is incredibly stupid. Why would ships Unload on one end and load again on the other end?

[mattjones]

Seems to me a land bridge would be substantially less efficient than just a canal, where the cargo can stay on ships throughout the journey

[nte]

the idea of land bridge is just stupid

[LoganInThailand]

Thailand has also said they will get rid of all drugs by Sep 30th, turn Pattaya into a family friendly town, build a high speed rail for 20 years and attract high end tourists. In other words - Take anything Thai govts say with a grain of salt.

[autotechandspecs]

Back in the day, mega projects were constructed as an answer to challenges faced by multiple countries, now, most mega projects are constructed as an answer to geopolitical challenges or as a geopolitical tool.

[lmblau]

It's not just about goods. It's also about marine bunkering, Singapore is the largest bunkering port in the world (partly due to being one of cheapest places to refuel dueto competitiveness). It sells 5x more fuel to ships than 2nd place Rotterdam.

[michaela.abbott]

Thailand has requested membership into BRICS+ at their annual meeting which will be held in October at Kazan, Russia.

[panakap]

This only make sense if that cargo was going to be reloaded on diffrent ship anyway.
In any other situation its not economical. Ships are way more economical than even trains.

[MiddleSumatra]

Suez & Panama canal able to cut 1-2 month at sea, which is very efficient on budget.
While thai canal, either choose to paying a toll gate via thai canal for 10 hour or take 3-5 day at sea via malacca strait.

[tekhee]

The land bridge seems more‘friendly’ compared to the Canal despite its almost similar construction costs.

[advertizment]

One of the biggest advantage Singapore has over any other nearby competing ports is that it sells a shit ton of fuel to ships. One of singapore's largest industries is refining crude oil. They are able to buy crude oil from gulf nations for cheap and refine it and sell it as fuel to ships that stop by. This took decades of investments and development to set up. I sincerely doubt any nearby country has the capital or the political will to set up such a large scale industry to compete with singapore, which is the largest bunkering port in the world. Thailand opening a port attempting to compete would just be a terrible decision from the start as a shorter route alone isnt enough to compete with Singapore's port.

[TheInvestmentCircle]

The canal is a better idea than the land bridge…

[cyrus]

It will cost 50% more than $28B when you include the inflation during the 10 years construction time,

[pkwong]

The Kta Canal has been talked about for more than 70 years.

[BRUVNET]

This canal would change thailand for the better in alot of ways

[GoodieMartin]

I'm not a fan of that land bridge and doubt it will ever be a better option than just usual extra 3 days naval route via Singapore. All the time required to unload the ship, put it on trains/trucks, then transport it to the other side and again unpack it and load on another ship will add so much time and labor cost it won't be worth it. Also, you would have to coordinate and plan 2 separate ships and crews instead of just one...