COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — With tourism contributing 9% to the country’s GDP and welcoming its 18 millionth international visitor as of August 2015, Thailand is undeniably one of the most coveted destinations in the world, considered a universal market with no high or low seasons. So when deciding to meet continuing demand […]
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A new Japanese-made carriage is unloaded at the Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri, Friday. (Photo from the Mass Rapid Transit Authority) Nine carriages that will form three trains on Bangkok’s Purple Line arrived from Japan on Friday for the new electric railway extension scheduled to open next August. Chula Sukmanop, director-general of the Marine […]
Continue ReadingWEnergy Global wins bid for its innovative design and engineering of a clean lighting system for the bicycle track around the Suvarnabhumi Bangkok International Airport in Thailand. Over 700 light poles will be installed on a cycling track of 23.5km and another 180 light systems will be installed along a smaller cycling track and the […]
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CONSTRUCTION firms have been hired to build the three major flood-prevention projects implemented by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and each project will take about four years, Adisak Kantee, BMA deputy permanent secretary, said. A Bt2.4-billion project to build ferro-concrete dams and sluice gates at Klong Lat Phrao, Klong Bang Bua, Klong Thanon, Klong Song […]
Continue ReadingTransport planners are looking into a new rail route linking Trang with Satun and Phuket provinces as part of efforts to boost tourism to the South. The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning will speed up a feasibility study of the proposed route, said director Pheerapol Thawornsupacharoen. The rail line would pass through […]
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Construction of the first phase of the Thai-Chinese railway project which was earlier projected to commence on October 23 will be further delayed due to overestimation of the project cost by the Chinese side. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpitthayapaisit said that the Chinese side had overestimated the construction cost of the first phase of the project […]
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The Sino-Thai railway project with routes from the Northeast to Bangkok and the East will be delayed for about nine months because of questions about construction costs and unfinished surveys. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith conceded that hurdles remained after a meeting on the project with Chinese authorities at a Bangkok hotel on Friday. “It cannot […]
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The fifth annual construction expo drew over a thousand visitors on its first day. KT Photo: Fabien Mouret PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – Developers, engineering firms and realtors from around the world converged on Diamond Island yesterday for the opening day of the Cambodia Construction Industrial Expo. The industry trade show, held at Koh Pich […]
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Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, right, shakes hands with Myanmar Construction Minister U Kyaw Lwin in the signing ceremony in Naypyidaw on Thursday. (Transport Ministry photo) Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith signed an official agreement on Thursday for the construction of a second Thai-Myanmar bridge across the Moei River from Mae Sot district of Tak province. […]
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The construction of the tunnel for the Blue Line extension is almost 60% complete. The government has ordered tenders be called to select the operator. (Photo by Pattarachai Preechapanich) The transport minister has ordered the Mass Rapid Transit Authority to take bids for the operator of its Blue Line extension from Bang Sue to Hua […]
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