Tag: Thailand

Thailand signed a contract to buy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to patrol the sea to protect the country’s maritime sovereignty, shipping routes and assist in sea rescue operations.

Officials are planning to unload cargo (crude oil) from the Ampar 8 ship, after the product tanker exploded on March 27, while mooring at the Bangchak depot the Chao Praya river.

PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), Thailand’s national oil and gas company, revealed its goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.

Thailand deployed its navy and other agencies on January 26 to contain an oil spill after about 160,000 liters leaked from an undersea pipeline, 20 km off its industrialized eastern seaboard.

On 3 April 2021, a product tanker crashed into house of riverside in Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Thailand-based Energy Absolute, which operates in the renewable energy sector, launched an electric ferry service on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, in line with the region's aim to reduce emissions.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) introduced its new fleet of electric commuter ferries into service. This move comes as a measure to bring clean emissions-free passenger transport to Thailand.

In light of the crew change crisis, Asian Shipowners' Association (ASA) issued a letter to the Asian government and to the Thailand authorities to raise awareness on the stranded seafarers during the pandemic.

Holland America Line's Westerdam cruise ship has been repeatedly denied entrance in several ports after allegations that passengers have been infected by Coronavirus, which has resulted to the vessel for Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

Representatives from the ITF Fishers Rights Network presented a petition, signed by more than 1,200 migrant fishers, calling on the Thai Government to directly implement and enforce the ILO Convention 188, which the country ratified in January 2019.