Marine Electronic Highway Demonstration

The coastal marine and natural resources of south-east Asia's Straits of Malacca and Singapore are estimated to have a net economic value of over $5 billion, which make it one of the most valuable international sea lanes in the world. The Marine Electronic Highway (MEH) Demonstration Project is the first phase of a potential tow-phase MEH Development Program that is designed to help the littoral countries conserve sustainable use of resources. The Program's economic development goal is to improve the efficiency, safety and environmental sustainability of marine transport through the Straits. Its global environment goal is conservation of the Strait's biologically rich marine and coastal ecosystems. The MEH Program would achieve these goals by: a) reducing the frequency of ship collisions in the Strait's congested sea lanes; b) making marine navigation in the Straits safer and more cost effective; c) deterring illegal bilge water and other ship waste releases, and d) establishing a MEH-supported fund to co-finance both the MEH system and coastal and marine resource conservation in the Straits. If the Straits MEH Program achieves regional objectives and goals, it should stimulate extension of the MEH to the entire Persian Gulf to Far East shipping route and its replication on other major world shipping routes. The objective of the first phase of the MEH Program - the Marine Electronic Highway Demonstration Project - is to determine if a MEH system for the Straits of Malacca and Singapore is economically and environmentally justified and is financially sustainable.

Project website http://www.mehsoms.com/

Waterbodies Bay of Bengal (LME)

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Documents & Resources
project-identification-form Marine Electronic Highway Project Appraisal project-document Marine Electronic Highway Project Brief results-notes 2011 Results Notes - Indonesia GEF_IBRD_IMO Marine Electronic Highway Demonstration Project (MEHDP) File Marine Electronic Highway (MEH) Demonstration Project Document Provinsi Sumatera Barat Provinsi Sumatera Utara Singapore Strait Strait of Malacca

General information
GEF ID	1270
IBRD ID	68133
Project type	Full-Size Project
Status	closed (Project Closure)
Start Date	13 Jun 2006
End Date	30 Jun 2011

GEF characteristic:
Focal Area	International Waters
GEF Allocation to project	USD 8,000,000
Total Cost of the project:	USD 15,500,000

Partners
Countries Indonesia , Malaysia , Regional Lead implementing agency International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB) Executing agencies International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Project contacts
Stefan Micallef Director of Marine Environment Division Mustapha Benmaamar Lead Transport Economist