Laos and Thailand launch freight train service Laos and Thailand have launched a freight train service across the Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge between Lao capital Vientiane and Nong Khai province to facilitate import and export businesses. An official ceremony greeted the inaugural freight train from Thailand, which arrived last week at Thanaleng railway station container yard […]
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Society of Professional Engineers in Thailand (SPET) Meeting August 2019 Dear SPET Members, Please find the attached flyer for the next meeting to be held at the British Club, Soi 18, Silom Road, Bangkok at 6.30pm on Thursday 15 August 2019. “Unprecedented Construction Claims Driving the Insurance Cycle and the Importance of Contract Detail When […]
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$3.9bn One Bangkok project to boast one of region’s tallest towers Complex to boost competition in retail space while drawing multinational tenants 31 July 2019 Thai beverage and retail conglomerate TCC Group has started what is described as the biggest real estate project in Thailand’s capital, envisioning it as a new landmark in the city. […]
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Betong airport in southern Thailand 90 pct completed The construction of Betong International Airport in southern Thailand is now 90 percent completed, said a senior government official on Tuesday. According to Deputy Airports Department Director General Somkiat Maneesathit, Betong airport’s control tower, which will be run by Aeronautical Radio of Thailand, is currently under construction […]
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IEAT set to sign contract for Rayong’s Map Ta Phut port Phase 3 The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) aims to sign a contract with the bid winner to build Phase 3 of Map Ta Phut port in Rayong worth Bt55.4 billion in September. The winner is Gulf-PTT Tank consortium of Gulf Energy Development […]
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The Mystery of Bangkok’s Vimanmek Mansion 24 July 2019 Eagle-eyed observers have noted that a 19th century royal villa and popular tourist destination in Bangkok’s old quarter appears to be gone. Three years after it was closed for renovations, the Vimanmek Mansion, a Victorian-style residence built by King Rama V in 1900, appears to have […]
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Ratch Group plans to start Ratchaburi province’s 1,400-megawatt Hin Kong power plant in 2021 27 July 2019 SET-listed Ratch Group Plc plans to start development of its 1,400-megawatt Hin Kong power plant sometime in 2021, commencing operation in 2024. Ratch won a licence from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for this new power plant with […]
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Bangkok’s Makkasan train depot is about to be redeveloped, but care needs to be taken 27 July 2019 The idea of an adventure walk through a run-down train yard overgrown with tall trees may not be everyone’s cup of tea. However, under the partially obscuring canopy lies what once was the country’s main train maintenance […]
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Myanmar’s Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) stands better chance with Japanese participation, officials say 25 Jul 2019 The governments of Myanmar, Japan and Thailand will be meeting over the troubled Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) project that has stalled since 2013 for lack of funding. Ministers will form a Joint Cooperation Committee to discuss how […]
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Myanmar to pick deep-sea port location next year 24 July 2019 Exclusive: The location for Myanmar’s first deep-sea port will be decided next year, according to a senior government official. “Construction of a Yangon deep-sea port is one of the projects included as second priority in the National Transport Master Plan. Work is being made […]
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