China to Southeast Asia (ports in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, East Timor) includes the ports BELAWAN, SURABAYA, PENANG, KLANG, CEBU, SINGAPORE, HAIPHONG, HOCHIMINH, MANILA, JAKARTA. The largest companies operating this trade are high-rates...
16th century, European interests set up trading companies in ports along the coast of Myanmar. By 1886 the British had gained control of Burma (Myanmar) and along with it shipping rights on the Irrawaddy, which also had been sought by the French in an effort to gain a direct route to ...