Transport and shipping
Transport infrastructure and facilities
The role of Asean’s ports in China’s Belt and Road
China’s investments in deep-sea ports in Myanmar and Cambodia will provide critical links in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but there are also concerns that they could give China undue economic leverage in the region.Keep reading ...
Suwatchai Songwanich
31 companies express interest in EEC airport rail link
A number of Thai and foreign companies have expressed interest in the contract to build a high-speed railway connecting Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi, and U Tapao airports. Keep reading ...
Cambodia, Thailand end cross-border rail transport talks
Cambodia and Thailand on Friday concluded negotiations on the transport of goods and people by train across their shared border, with an official agreement expected to be signed in upcoming months.Keep reading ...
Chea Vannak
NESDB to study feasibility of Kra canal plan
The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) should be entrusted to study the feasibility of the Kra Canal plan which will connect the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea in the South, the Marine Department has suggested.Keep reading ...
Assawin Pakkawan
BTS keen for partners join in on key rail project
BTS Group Holdings Plc is open for all its business partners to participate in the construction of a high-speed train link between three international airports if the group wins the bidding for the project, chairman Keeree Kanjanapas said.Keep reading ...
Somluck Srimalee
Pier-ing into the future of the Chao Phraya River
Design project targets three wharves that haven’t been upgraded in decades, to make life easier for commuters as boat traffic multiplies.Property development is transforming land near the Chao Phraya River but one thing remains unchanged: A series of decrepit piers that lie along it. Keep ...
Supoj Wancharoen
Rayong upset at high-speed elimination
The local chamber of commerce and other groups in Rayong are campaigning for support as they plan to petition the government to revise its decision to exclude the province from the first phase of the high-speed train project.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Construction of Thai-Chinese high-speed rail to start fully next year
The construction of a Thai-Chinese high-speed rail between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand is expected to get fully started early next year, following biddings later this year, said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith on Friday (June 1).Keep reading ...
Construction of sixth Thailand-Laos Friendship Bridge in Ubon Ratchathani sped up
The Ministry of Transport is speed up the construction of the sixth Thailand – Laos Friendship Bridge in Ubon Ratchathani and other infrastructures in the lower northeastern region. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said the sixth Thailand – Laos Friendship Bridge will connect Ubon Ratchathani province with ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
New dam in Cambodia 'would destroy Mekong'
A Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River’s biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway, according to a three-year study commissioned by the Cambodian government.Keep ...
