Malacca Strait Volume of Traffic

Volume of Traffic in the Malacca Strait

Type and total of vessel reporting to Klang VTS from January 1999 to December 2010:

TYPE	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	TOTAL	%
VLCC / DEEP DRAFT CR	2027	3163	3303	3301	3487	3477	3788	3851	3753				30150	5.54%
TANKER VESSEL	11474	13343	14276	14591	15667	16403	14759	14784	14931				130228	23.93%
LNG / LPG CARRIER	2473	2962	3086	3141	3277	3343	3099	3297	3413				28091	5.16%
CARGO VESSEL	5674	6603	6476	6065	6193	6624	6340	6477	8467				58919	10.83%
CONTAINER VESSEL	14521	18283	20101	20091	19575	20187	20818	22615	23736				179927	33.06%
BULK CARRIER	3438	4708	5370	5754	6256	6531	7394	8129	9684				57264	10.52%
RORO / CAR CARRIER	1229	1761	1764	1980	2182	2440	2515	2863	3137				19871	3.65%
PASSENGER VESSEL	1919	3301	3151	3490	3033	2838	2299	2009	1870				23910	4.39%
LIVESTOCK CARRIER	42	70	108	108	80	46	45	51	51				601	0.11%
TUG / TOW VESSEL	566	774	610	422	478	568	420	372	444				4654	0.86%
GOV / NAVY VESSEL	93	117	155	111	120	130	153	81	95				1055	0.19%
FISHING VESSEL	52	44	60	38	35	67	34	39	36				405	0.07%
OTHERS	457	828	854	942	1951	982	957	1081	1101				9153	1.68%
TOTAL	43965	55957	59314	60034	62334	63636	62621	65649	70718	0	0	0	544228	100%
%	8.08%	10.28%	10.90%	11.03%	11.45%	11.69%	11.51%	12.06%	12.99%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	100%	100%

(Source: Marine Department of Malaysia)

There seems to be little seasonal variation in traffic volume (figures are from 2007).

TYPE	JAN	FEB	MAC	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL	%
VLCC / DEEP DRAFT	313	276	316	319	311	310	340	295	305	340	308	320	3753	5.31%
TANKER VESSEL	1212	1143	1272	1261	1281	1242	1263	1279	1204	1269	1263	1242	14931	21.11%
LNG / LPG CARRIER	301	251	281	249	262	292	285	291	294	291	296	320	3413	4.83%
CARGO VESSEL	700	679	711	667	680	717	736	733	646	762	740	696	8467	11.97%
CONTAINER VESSEL	1866	1750	1860	1933	2021	1960	2018	2064	1937	2115	2082	2130	23736	33.56%
BULK CARRIER	772	671	806	812	830	836	797	829	813	814	858	846	9684	13.69%
RORO / CAR CARRIER	241	231	232	245	259	276	272	276	286	266	273	280	3137	4.44%
PASSENGER VESSEL	148	117	159	130	143	149	177	136	118	186	161	246	1870	2.64%
LIVESTOCK CARRIER	6	5	0	6	6	6	6	5	2	3	4	2	51	0.07%
TUG / TOW VESSEL	37	37	35	34	41	38	29	25	36	43	36	53	444	0.63%
GOV / NAVY VESSEL	2	3	7	8	15	3	11	9	12	3	15	7	95	0.13%
FISHING VESSEL	4	1	2	2	4	4	3	6	2	2	4	2	36	0.05%
OTHERS	80	83	96	97	105	78	109	91	72	82	91	117	1101	1.56%
TOTAL	5682	5247	5777	5763	5958	5911	6046	6039	5727	6176	6131	6261	70718	100%
%	8.0%	7.42%	8.17%	8.15%	8.43%	8.36%	8.55%	8.54%	8.10%	8.73%	8.67%	8.85%	100%	100%

(Source: Marine Department of Malaysia)

STATION	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	TOTAL	%
OFB
00-08	5510	5266	5178	5230	5817	6242	6515	6897	6887				53542	9.84%
08-16	6319	5933	5517	6028	6498	6815	7002	7015	7421				58548	10.76%
16-24	6910	6822	6106	6276	6684	7047	7043	8258	8474				63620	11.69%
SEGENTING
00-08	4989	7010	7990	7882	8311	8408	7458	8733	10030				70811	13.01%
08-16	6744	8598	8826	9167	9017	9092	8634	8983	10464				79525	14.61%
16-24	6694	8416	9057	8852	9263	9371	8492	9384	10968				80497	14.79%
OTHERS
00-08	1489	3233	4280	4268	4508	4340	4919	4452	4632				36121	6.64%
08-16	2708	5458	5947	6141	5982	6196	6713	6102	6039				51286	9.42%
16-24	2602	5221	6413	6190	6254	6116	5845	5825	5803				50269	9.24%
TOTAL	43965	55957	59314	60034	62334	63636	62621	65649	70718	0	0	0	544219	100%
%	8.08%	10.28%	10.90%	11.03%	11.45%	11.69%	11.51%	12.06%	12.99%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	100%	100%

(Source: Marine Department of Malaysia)