The Latest Breaking News from Marine Department

Dept revives ship terminal plan

The Marine Department will reprise the Cruise Terminal Development Project to support marine tourism.

Bangkok Post · Apr 17, 2023

Oil slick worry at Laem Chabang

CHON BURI: Work was underway on Monday to contain the oil slick caused by a leak from a Panama-registered tanker docked at Laem Chabang deep-sea port.

Bangkok Post · Feb 14, 2023

Operators ask govt for Samui cruise terminal

Surat Thani: The government is being urged to speed up the development of infrastructure for cruises with almost 100 cruise ships scheduled to visit Koh Samui during 2023-2025.

Bangkok Post · Feb 5, 2023

Raft of marinas eyed for new hub

The Marine Department has unveiled a plan to build marinas in six provinces along the Andaman coast and turn them into a new hub for tourism and marine transport.

Bangkok Post · Jul 13, 2022

New marina plan eyes big spenders

The Transport Ministry will conduct a feasibility study into a marine development project in Chon Buri as part of the country's efforts to boost revenues through tourism.

Bangkok Post · May 14, 2022

Thailand's Songkhram River under threat

Development projects and agrochemicals are threatening the ecology of the Songkhram River -- the last free-flowing river in the Northeast and one of the country's few remaining freshwater biodiversity hotspots, although some species are already nothing but a memory.

Bangkok Post · Apr 15, 2022

River safety needs action

In just one month, there have been two explosions aboard oil tankers on the Chao Phraya River -- which flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. The accidents claimed two lives, and injured a number of others, as well as alarming river community residents and users of…

Bangkok Post · Mar 28, 2022

No oil leak from fire-damaged tanker

The explosion and fire onboard a tanker on the Chao Phraya river on Sunday did not cause any oil to spill into the river, the Marine Department said on Monday as the investigation into the cause gathered speed.

Bangkok Post · Mar 28, 2022

Samui port study gets nod

The Marine Department has decided to launch a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a cruise ship terminal on Koh Samui in Surat Thani province.

Bangkok Post · Mar 15, 2022

Star gets approval to seal crude oil leak

The Marine Department has given a green light to Star Petroleum Refining Plc (SPRC) sealing a second spot on its underwater pipeline that leaked crude oil into the sea in Rayong province.

Bangkok Post · Feb 21, 2022