[hedgetrimmer]

Out of curiousity I looked up the Strait of Malacca last week, and didn't find too much news. Suddenly, it has become very interesting.
A Singaporean Navy ship passes container ships unloading at Singapore's port, May 25, 2004. Half the world's oil supply passes through the Malacca Straits, a pirate-ridden waterway where terrorism fears are growing and U.S. offers to help police the strategic route have been dismissed by the Muslim nations of Indonesia and Malaysia.(AP Photo/Ed Wray)

[RightWhale]

Half the world's oil supply passes through the Malacca Straits

From the Persian Gulf to Japan, and now add China. Piracy would be intolerable.