‘ECRL project can alter trade routes’

All set to be a big player: An aerial view of the Kuantan Port which will be fully upgraded in 2018.

KUANTAN: Singapore can be “bypassed” as new links, such as the ambitious East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) project, can alter regional trade routes.

A Singapore Straits Times report yesterday, quoting officials, stated that the ECRL could alter regional trade routes which currently ply between the Strait of Malacca and South China Sea via Singapore.