Thai Navy Auxiliary tanker collided with Korean tanker, Gulf of Siam
Royal Thai Navy Command on Mar 1 issued a statement describing the details of a collision between Thai Navy water supply tanker HTMS CHUANG and Korean tanker DONGYANG CHEMI, which occurred in the...
View ArticleLaem Chabang Terminal D. Laem Chabang in Photos.
Hutchison Ports Thailand and Thailand Maritime and Port Authorities officially opened Terminal D at Laem Chabang Port on January 30, 2019. The milestone was more than a symbolic launch; it was also a...
View ArticleThai tanker detained in Vietnam waters with illegal gasoline
Product tanker ARISTA LEO was detained by Vietnamese Marine Police on Mar 10 in Con Dao island area, South China sea, Vietnam, with about 300 tons of allegedly, illegal gasoline, in process of...
View ArticleContainer ship dangerous approach, man drowned, Bangkok
Container ship TS BANGKOK while shifting berth in Bangkok Port in the evening Mar 24, dangerously approached ferry and boats pier at Klong Toey Nok Temple, Chao Praya river. A longtail boat capsized,...
View ArticleLPG tanker collided with fishing vessel, 1 fisherman died, Thailand
LPG tanker NP BANGPAKONG reportedly collided with coastal fishing vessel on Apr 23 some 8 nm west of Koh Chang island, Trat Province, Thailand, eastern Gulf of Siam. Of 8 crew on board of fishing...
View ArticleMajor fire on KMTC container ship in Thailand – worst scenario live UPDATE
May 28 UPDATE: Thailand Port Authority TPA director Kamolsak Phromprayoon said on May 27, that the overall damage from KMTC HONGKONG explosions and major fire, would exceed $3.1 mil. Thailand...
View ArticleOcean Marina Yacht Club, Sattahip, Gulf of Siam
If Thailand can’t boast of having sea ports rivaling such South East Asia giants, as Singapore or Hong Kong, it may nevertheless, deservedly boast of having the biggest in South East Asia yachts port –...
View Article2 sunk coal barges to be salvaged, Ko Si Chang, Thailand
Two barges loading coal from bulk carrier SOUTHAMPTON on Ko Si Chang island Anchorage, Gulf of Siam, Thailand, crashed into each other and sank at night Jul 31, with 1,400 and 900 tons of coal,...
View ArticleMega yacht fire, Phuket, Thailand. VIDEO. UPDATE Aug 9.
Aug 9 UPDATE: Fire extinguished, yacht looks like she’s resting on bottom, not anchored, probably intentionally. She’s surrounded by booms, still with some 150 tons of fuel on board. From the looks of...
View ArticleMeet Bangsaen Grand Prix street circuit car races Photo Video
Bangsaen Grand Prix 2019 car race week is over, more than 200 hundred race cars roared out during Aug 27 – Sep 1 street circuit event. Once Thailand-only race got an international status since 2017,...
View ArticleThai bulk carrier troubled in Ukrainian waters, had to sail astern
Bulk carrier MALLIKA NAREE suffered engine failure at around 2330 UTC Oct 15 in Bug-Dnepr Canal, while proceeding to sea, en route from Nikolayev Ukraine to Alexandria Egypt with 28.6 tons of soy on...
View ArticleThai Navy News – new frigate, another one postponed, submarine keel laying...
Thai Navy new addition, 3,700-ton frigate HTM BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ (FFG-471), was visited by Thailand King and Queen on Oct 16, during anointment ceremony at Sattahip Navy Base, Gulf of Siam. The...
View ArticleIMO 2020 Sulphur Cap, SEA, Thailand and a feeling of doom
Thailand ready for IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap, but… Like any other maritime nation, Thailand is steaming full ahead towards IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap (SC), and finds itself about ready for Jan 1 2020 deadline,...
View ArticleFrench cruise ship hit rocks, breached, taking on water, Andaman sea Thailand
Cruise ship LA BELLE DES OCEANS ran onto rocks south of famous Phi-Phi islands, Thailand, Andaman sea, sometime between 0200 and 0300 Bangkok time (UTC +7) Nov 25, with 90 passengers and 60 crew on...
View ArticleThai freighter heavily listed, engine room flooded, Gulf of Tonkin UPDATES
General cargo ship NORDANA SOPHIE suffered water ingress, flooded engine room, in the morning Nov 28 or in the evening Nov 27, at Hai Phong / Vinh Ang anchorage. The ship arrived from Hong Kong on Nov...
View ArticleBunker tanker sank off Bangkok, oil leak
Tanker GOLDEN BRIDGE 2 sank in the morning Dec 3 in Gulf of Siam off Chao Praya river estuary, just south of Bangkok. The ship isn’t registered in known databases, identified by local media, referring...
View ArticleShort-sea routes, Thailand
There’s a number of projects to move road cargo and passengers flows to sea routes in Thailand, and these projects, alas slowly, are carried out. Latest project to be launched in Jan next year is ferry...
View ArticleThai freighter seized by MMEA, Malaysia, Penang
Thai freighter BANGSAKAO was detained by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency MMEA in the evening Dec 24, for allegedly, illegal anchorage, some 4.5 nm N of Bahang Bay, northern Penang island coast,...
View ArticleGhost Thai yacht drifting in Malacca Strait with Brit passport
Indonesian fishermen spotted sailing yacht drifting in waters of Muara Batu, North Aceh, northeast Sumatra, Malacca Strait, on Jan 12, while fishing. Yacht was drifting some 20 nm off Muara Batu coast....
View ArticleDirect sea route Thailand – Bangladesh under FTA Agreement
Free Trade Agreement between Thailand and Bangladesh is agreed in principle, by both side, during the 5th Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting between the two nations on Jan 8 2020 in Bangkok. Thailand...
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