2 unite with East Asia. On this issue, China, Japan and South Korea share the same interests. This is a rare opportunity to unite the three East Asian countries in history and in the future.
It can balance Singapore, which has always had a bad attitude towards the rise of China and actively acted as a pawn of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region. It is imperative to reduce China Shipping's dependence on Malacca.
Improve the safety of China air route. Pirates robbed near Malacca. The new canal can reduce dangerous sections on the route.
How many carats can the Kela Isthmus Canal have?
Li Zhenfu
Dalian Maritime University School of Transportation Management
After several years of silence, the Crater Isthmus suddenly became popular because of its expectation of canal construction. Up to now, it's uncertain whether the Kelaxixia Canal has been dug, but a little trouble about it is enough to arouse the nerves of the shipping industry in a depressed state and the countries in the Pacific region with nervous emotions. It is said that the proposed Xiaxia Canal in Clasey is Clasey Xiaxia across the south of Thailand, and a two-way channel canal with a total length of about 1 10 km, a width of 400 meters and a water depth of 25 meters is dug. After the completion of this canal, ships will directly enter the Gulf of Thailand in the Pacific Ocean from the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean without crossing the Straits of Malacca or bypassing Malaysia and Singapore, and the voyage between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean will be shortened by at least about 1200 km. The canal will also become the largest artificial canal in Asia and may replace the Straits of Malacca as a new "diamond waterway". So how many carats can this "diamond waterway" have?
Although only 30% people in Thailand agree to build the Kelahi Canal, it can be said with certainty that the advantages of the Kelahi Canal outweigh the disadvantages for Thailand. The Kelaxixia Canal will make Thailand a container transshipment center and one of the best international investment destinations in Southeast Asia, and its indirect income will be 10 times and 100 times higher than that of the canal. It is very likely to form an economic circle around the Gulf of Thailand in Southeast Asia. In addition, the driving effect of ports and transportation will solve the development dilemma of Thailand, which relies solely on tourism. Moreover, if we choose the right plan and refuse to let the full-loaded tankers pass, we will avoid the possibility of damaging the waters of tourist areas such as Phuket and win the support of most Thais.
For Singapore, the Kela Isthmus Canal will prohibit the passage of fully loaded tankers of any tonnage, and all fully loaded tankers can only take the Straits of Malacca. Petroleum, petrochemical and related industries account for more than 30% of Singapore's manufacturing industry and can be regarded as pillar industries. If the tanker is still carrying the Malacca Strait, it will not have much impact on Singapore's oil industry. It should also be pointed out that Singapore is a regional shipping transit center. The import and export goods of many countries in Southeast Asia have to be transferred from small and medium-sized cargo ships to large cargo ships, and vice versa. In other words, those ships that need to load and unload goods will not take the canal. In addition, even if the Kelaxixia Canal is opened, its impact on the throughput of the Malacca Strait will not be as great as expected, because the port of Kelaxixia Canal may not catch up with Singapore in terms of port service quality, efficiency, hardware perfection, number of routes and government support in a short time. This is what we often say, the importance of port soft power construction.
For China, if China Company participates in the construction of Kelaxixia Canal, China will be in a leading position in the canal construction process and future canal management. The reason is self-evident. China can play the role of a coordinating country, prohibiting all warships except China, the United States and Thailand from passing through the Canal Zone, or requiring the unanimous consent of the three countries. It will greatly enhance China's right to speak in Southeast Asia and prevent Japanese and other forces from getting their hands on the canal area. Economically, it will reduce the time for China ships to sail to Europe and South Asia by 2-3 days and greatly reduce the transportation cost. Sihanoukville, Cambodia will become one of the central cities around the Gulf of Thailand. Standard gauge railways from Kunming, Yunnan to Laos, and from Thailand to Sihanoukville can be built, so as to obtain a strategic seaport, which is conducive to the export of products from Yunnan, Sichuan and other provinces and to undertake the industrial transfer in the coastal areas of China. China can completely regard the Kela Canal as an important hub of the Maritime Silk Road, and the South China Sea is connected with the Pacific Ocean in east longitude; The west is connected with the Indian Ocean through the Bay of Bengal. It is connected by the trans-Asian high-speed railway network and the Mekong River basin transportation line, and becomes the bridge and link of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area. As for whether China can extricate itself from the dilemma of Malacca, it is still too early to draw a conclusion, because most oil transportation still needs to pass through Malacca, but the construction of the canal is a good thing for China as a whole, which will give China more room for manoeuvre in politics, military affairs and national security.
From a strategic and economic point of view, India may be the biggest beneficiary. The opening of the Kelaxixia Canal means that the Dushi Strait controlled by India will change from obscurity to one of the most important and busiest straits in the world. For the global strategy of the United States, the canal is not beneficial to it, and may also affect its global strategic layout. For countries such as Japan and South Korea, it is economically beneficial, but it is worthless in other aspects. In addition, the excavation of the Kela Isthmus Canal can make the world shipping network closer and give shipping companies more choices, which is undoubtedly the biggest "Kela" index in this respect.
About the author: Li Zhenfu (1969-), male, professor at the School of Transportation Management, Dalian Maritime University, is one of the earliest experts on Arctic routes in China. As the chief expert, he undertook the major project 1 of the National Social Science Fund, presided over the general project 1 of the National Social Science Fund and the general project 1 of the National Natural Science Fund. At present, the research team has 2 professors, 3 associate professors, doctoral students 1 person and master students 12 people, and is committed to the research of Arctic routes and the development of world shipping.