Selat Navigating
Maritime Excellence
Selat Navigating
Maritime Excellence
Pollution in the Straits of Malacca comes from air, sea, and land sources. The most urgent environmental issue facing the Straits of Malacca is likely pollution from land-based operations. Operational vessel emissions, including fishing vessels, and potentially disastrous oil spills from tanker mishaps are the main sources of sea-based pollution. Partially deposited in the sea, atmospheric pollution from diffused sources is more challenging to quantify.
Heavy or trace metals are common waste products produced by industrial processes.
Trash waste examples include items like food scraps, packaging, paper, plastics, glass
Oil and grease from the production of beverages, the sea food canning business, the textile, chemical, and rubber industries, and vessel pollution have all consistently polluted the Strait waters.
The majority of municipal or home trash is sewage that is released with little to no treatment and contains organic and biological pollutants.
The Strait of Malacca has a higher nutrient content due to surface runoff and the leaching of agrochemicals like fertiliser and pesticides.
Oil spills, marine traffic, and marine dumping are the main causes of marine pollution in the Straits.
