Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Nautical Science, grade: 1,7, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies,Nanyang Technological University (-), language: English, abstract: Since Germany is one of the leading countries concerning the international trade via container shipping, one of the strongest export nations and, in the means of energy supply, is highly depending on the international sea trade; and Southeast Asia is a growing pole of the worlds market economy as well as an area of emerging maritime powers within the whole of Asia, has the worlds largest container harbour Singapore and contains the most popular and frequently used sea straits, it occurs, that there are growing entanglements and common interests.What kind of chances lies in this circumstances and how can a stronger growing cooperation be facilitated?