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Shipping Lanes and Strategic Passages in Pacific Asia

Russia

Maritime Trade Routes


Connector

Tsugaru
Tianjin
Dalian

China

Qingdao
Shanghai
Ningbo

India
Guangzhou

Japan

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Container Traffic (TEU, 2010)
Less than 3 M

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Laem Chabang

Xiamen
Shenzhen Kaohsiung
Hong Kong

Busan

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3 to 6 M

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6 to 12 M
More than 12 M

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Ocea
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Strategic Importance

Tanjung Pelepas

So
ut

Ind

Strait of MalaccaPort Kelang

Singapore

Makassar

Indonesia

Sunda

High

Torres

Lombok

Average
Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Dept. of Global Studies & Geography, Hofstra University

Main Trade Corridor

Equidistant Conic Projection

Australia

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