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Strait of Malacca

Singapore · Indonesia

Why it matters: The busiest strait on earth; chronic armed-robbery hotspot for anchored and transiting ships.

Local map · live AIS

under way slow stationary

Fused signal timeline · 21 days

🚢 15 now · 8 under way 💨 3.1kt · n/a transit marginal
07-10 07-03 06-26 06-19 NOW

No dated open-source events in the last 21 days for this box.

Daily satellite snapshot of Strait of Malacca
Daily satellite context NASA GIBS · VIIRS/NOAA-20 true color · 2026-07-09 Daily true-color snapshot (2026-07-09) — context only; too coarse to resolve individual vessels. Open in NASA Worldview ↗

Assessment

Strait of Malacca is showing a watch-level posture above its baseline; open-source coverage is holding steady. Latest reporting (2026-01-12): “Piracy in the Strait of Malacca Surged to a 19-Year High in 2025” — shipandbunker.com. A live AIS snapshot saw 15 vessels in the box (8 under way, 6 stationary, 1 slow/loitering). Metocean: 3.1 kt wind, sea state n/a — transit marginal.

What changed

  • ›Most recent reporting dated 2026-01-12.
  • ›Live AIS: 15 vessels now in box, 7 stationary/slow.
  • ›Conditions: 3.1 kt / Bft 2, seas n/a — marginal for transit.

Live AIS snapshot

90s window
15
in box
8
under way
6
stationary
1
slow/loiter
VesselSOGPosition
MMSI 477186800 13.3kt 1.1742, 103.8293
ASTRANTIA 13.1kt 1.1858, 103.8484
GMT ASTRO 10.7kt 1.2332, 103.9383
GREAT WALRUS 8.8kt 1.2184, 103.8716
EVER LYRIC 8.4kt 1.2495, 103.9632
DRINA 7.7kt 1.2134, 103.8662

Live positions via AISStream.io at build time. Cross-run gap/dark-ship detection is the next iteration.

Metocean conditions

Wind3.1 kt
Gusts5.6 kt
Beaufort2
Wave ht— m
Swell— m
Visibility4.5 km
Sea staten/a
Transit marginal

Open-Meteo, box centroid, at build time.

Dated open-source reporting

Updated 10 Jul 2026, 20:15 UTC · narrator: rule-based · bbox [100, 1, 104.2, 4.2]