
In 2024, ship traffic in the Straits of Malacca and
	Singapore has achieved a new annual all-time high by being
	94,301 ships transited the route, with an increase of +5.5% on the
	2023 when the previous historical peak had been marked.
	The strong rise in the
	of bulk carrier transits have reached a record high of
	19,507 units (+7.4%), and very large crude carriers,
	were equal to the record number of 9,724 VLCCs (+1.9%). A new
	record was also recorded by the transits of ships for gas
	liquefied natural with 5,003 units (+3.0%). Among others
	types of vessels, container ship transits have increased
	with 25,127 ships on the route (+2.1%), general cargo ships with
	8,056 units (+17.8%) and passenger ships with 1,767 units
	(+79,0%). The only type of ship in decline was
	that of the ro-ro units which recorded 2,291 transits
	(-4,0%).
 
	
		