{"id":696147,"date":"2026-04-23T23:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=696147"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:37:30","slug":"indonesia-floats-ship-tax-in-malacca-strait-as-singapore-defends-free-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=696147","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia Floats Ship Tax in Malacca Strait as Singapore Defends Free Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Indonesia is exploring the possibility of imposing a levy on vessels transiting the strategically vital Strait of Malacca, as the government looks to monetize one of the world\u2019s busiest shipping lanes.<\/h4>\n

\u201cIndonesia is not a marginal country. We sit along a key global trade and energy route, yet ships passing through the Malacca Strait are not charged,\u201d<\/p>\n

The Malacca Strait \u2014 bordered by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore \u2014 is a critical artery for global trade, linking the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is widely considered a major economic chokepoint, comparable to the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal, and the Panama Canal.<\/p>\n

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Almost all China Oil shipments by sea pass through the Malacca Strait<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Indonesia is exploring the possibility of imposing a levy on vessels transiting the strategically vital Strait of Malacca, as the government looks to monetize one of the world\u2019s busiest shipping lanes. \u201cIndonesia is not a marginal country. We sit along … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=696147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696148,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696147\/revisions\/696148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=696147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=696147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=696147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}