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News & Current Events Apr 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM

Singapore wary of treating navigational rights in global straits as paid privileges: Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam

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Singapore wary of treating navigational rights in global straits as paid privileges: Shanmugam
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Singapore wary of treating navigational rights in global straits as paid privileges: Shanmugam
No one can impose tolls or selectively decide whose ships get access to such straits, said Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam.
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Nextasy Apr 13, 2026 +21
Big talk from Iran, Turkey, and Spain about charging tolls through their straits. These are super small fries compared to what happens if Singapore, Malaysia, and indonesia start trying the same. 30% of the worlds cargo flows through the strait of Malacca alone
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PhysicallyTender Apr 13, 2026 +8
Out of those 3 countries along the Straits of Malacca, only Indonesia can realistically choke the entire region since they also have control over the alternate routes through Sunda & Makassar Strait.
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Nextasy Apr 13, 2026 +2
Yes I figured if they really wanted to turn the screws it would take all 3
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SoftlyPalatable Apr 13, 2026 +4
The Suez Canal is under Egyptian sovereignty, not international control, and that is widely accepted. The Turkish Straits, the only maritime link between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, are governed by Turkey under the Montreux Convention. The Kiel Canal, one of the world’s busiest artificial waterways linking the North Sea and the Baltic, lies fully within German jurisdiction. The Panama Canal is another example. Do “open waterways” imply access for commerce alone, or also for military vessels?
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championchilli Apr 14, 2026 +7
The Suez Canal is a man made piece of infrastructure with upkeep costs and large bodies of staff, of course they are gonna charge. Canals like that are not set and forget, and it has a myriad of upgrades over the years and more ongoing. These other straits are just that, naturally occurring terrain and waterways.
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PorkshireTerrier Apr 14, 2026 +1
a big "For Now" a big "id be scared if i was egyptian that someone's coming for that strait"
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kulayeb Apr 15, 2026 +2
All the examples you listed pass entirely within a single country.
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borazine Apr 14, 2026 +2
Thanks for this /u/LanJiaoDuaKee
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AI_Masterrace Apr 13, 2026 -11
He should also be wary of treating selling houses as paid privileges. Why not give out the name of the buyer? P****.
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