BANGKOK, June 29 - The Marine Department held a meeting to clarify techniques and berth layouts. According to the results of the study of the location of large cruise ports in the upper Gulf of Thailand found Bali Hai Cape, Pattaya City, Chonburi is the location with the most potential.

Mr. Wannachai Butthongdee, Director of Engineering Division, Marine Department, chaired the meeting to clarify techniques and jetty designs. Project of Survey and Design of the Port of Origin for large cruise ships The results of the study of the location of large cruise ships In the upper Gulf of Thailand, it was found that Bali Hai Cape, Pattaya City, Chonburi is the location with the greatest potential. because there are abundant tourist attractions able to accommodate a large number of tourists at a time And most importantly, the sea is deep enough to accommodate large cruise ships. as well as being able to link to the port of origin and other port of call At present, Thailand has only 2 cruise ports: Bangkok Port and Laem Chabang Port. which is insufficient for the growing number of tourists In addition, in the past, large cruise ships traveled to Thailand up to 500 times a year.

In addition to Laem Bali Hai Pier, the Marine Department is studying 3 other cruise piers, namely at Koh Samui, the upper Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Coast at Krabi Province.

However, from studying the types of ports to support large cruise ships in the upper Gulf of Thailand, it was found that the development of cruise ports is divided into 3 types: 1. Origin ports Supports 1,500 passengers per hour. It can accommodate 3,500-4,500 passengers per hour and 3. Mixed Port, which is both the originating port and the stopping port, which found that the Pattaya Cruise Port It is appropriate to be a mixed port.

for the stopover port There must be further development of the parking lot. to support land links to travel to various tourist destinations such as Bangkok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Samut Prakan and the area around Pattaya City, etc.

The construction of the cruise pier Must present the impact during construction before submitting to the cabinet for further approval. Construction is expected to begin in 3 years from now.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency