The Kra Canal, by contrast, would shave 1,200km — or roughly 72 hours of sailing time — off a journey between China and Europe or the Middle East, meaning significant fuel savings.

But the likely impact of the Kra Canal is less about battleships and more about shipping containers. The Canal is like building a new highway that will bypass a town, leaving the local service ...

The establishment of a Kra Canal in Thailand may soon become a reality as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The canal would permit ships to bypass the Malacca Strait, ...

When opponents of the Kra Canal say that if it is such a good idea it would already have been built, they seem to be unaware that new factors have created an entirely new situation: the 21st ...

According to the Thai Chinese Cultural & Economic Association, Britain asked for permission to construct the canal through the Kra Isthmus around 1858, but the idea was considered by French ...

Whenever the Kra Canal emerges as a news headline, two standard reactions occur. First of all, there is a very strong but familiar exclamation of "again" or aw-eik-leu and a revitalised sense of ...

For those observers who closely follow the long-running saga of Thailand’s Kra canal, recent media reports will have come as no surprise. The three-centuries old idea to cut a canal across the ...

The Thai Canal would alleviate this congestion, enhancing Thailand's position as a global shipping hub. The strategic significance of the Kra Isthmus has been recognized for centuries.