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Hutchison Ports Thailand recently welcomed the container ship 'ONE Columba', the largest vessel to ever call Terminal D at Laem Chabang Port. The ship, owned by the Japanese joint venture Ocean Network Express (ONE), with a total length of 364 meters and a total gross tonnage of 145,647 tons, became also the largest container vessel ever to call at Laem Chabang Port in Thailand.  

Rising exports from India and Thailand are expected to partly replace Brazilian sugar in Asia and the Middle East. This could damage tonne-mile demand in the dry bulk market, Drewry reports. The increase of oil prices make Brazil divert more sugarcane in comparison to ethanol production.

 On Saturday afternoon, Thai authorities managed to recover the wreck of the tourist boat 'Phoenix', which sank in July claiming lives of over 40 people onboard. The sunken vessel had been lying in 45 metres of water, about 4 km off Ko Hae, near Phuket, since 5 July, when it capsized in heavy weather. Previous attempts to refloat the sunken boat had been unsuccessful.

The ratification of ILO’s Work in Fishing Convention (C188) would be a major step forward. The Convention sets minimum labor standards to improve the safety, health and medical care for workers on board fishing vessels, as well as ensuring they have the protection of a written work agreement and the same social security protections as national workers.

Following Thailand's waste ban, the UK Club informed that, to date, there are approximately 1,600 containers and 1,400 containers of scrap or waste cargoes at Laem Chabang Port and Bangkok Port respectively. The majority of the containers checked by Customs were found to be illegal

Five people that have been reported missing from the boat that sank in a storm off Phuket island, Thailand, are alive, Thai authorities informed on Monday. However it is not clarified whether the five survived the sinking are did not get on board the ship from the start. Thai authorities are now trying to verify the persons' detail.

Customs in Thailand recently found that waste imported into Thailand was not declared properly, usually as a recyclable type, when in reality it was bound for waste disposal. The Thai Police also found that a number of recipients of such waste, which were said to be recycling facilities, do not have such capability.

A boat with 97 people, including Chinese tourists and Thai crew, capsized off Thailand's Phuket island, the Thai Navy informed on Thursday, June 5. Currently, 49 are missing, while Thailand has rescued 48. Thailand is going through the monsoon season, and the ship encountered rough seas.

Gard P&I Club Alert The Gard P&I Club issues the following alert regarding Monsoon Flooding in Thailand affetcs Shipping:Gard's correspondent in Bangkok, Thai P&I Services International Ltd., has advised that due to the ongoing threat of flooding in Thailand, shipments to and from the kingdom have been affected.The export of rice is also expected to be severely affected. In addition to the authorities limiting vessel traffic in the Chao Praya River to ease wash damage to properties adjacent to the river, the majority of barges used to load rice cargoes have been unable to load cargoes as Ayutthaya Province, the origin of the cargo, has been severely flooded. Members expecting to load rice cargoes from Thailand should check cargo availability, to avoid delays.As of 25. October 2011, reports from shipping agents in Bangkok state that Bangkok Port has already stopped receiving discharged containers due to yard congestion. Container liners are therefore considering shifting incoming vessels to other private ports in Bangkok or Laem Chabang. In addition,due to flooding of numerous Container Terminals and ICD's, their ability to accept additional laden containers is also in doubt. Many ICD's have already resorted to stowing laden containers above empties, to avoid cargo damage ...

After being stranded in northern Thailand following a deadly cargo ship attack Dozens of Chinese seafarers returned home Sunday under the escort of a Chinese patrol ship after being stranded in northern Thailand following a deadly cargo ship attack last week.A total of 11 cargo boats with 78 seafarers on board began sailing into the Guanlei Port in the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna in the southwestern province of Yunnan at around 3:40 p.m.They were greeted by crowds of anxious people, including their relatives, colleagues, local officials and residents.Firecrackers were set off in celebration, and banners reading "Welcome home!" and "Welcome back to the motherland!" were displayed along with national flags.They embraced their relatives tightly in tears as soon as they stepped on the Chinese soil."We were very scared when we heard that our compatriots had been killed, and we did not dare to come back home by waterway at first," said a sailor surnamed Wu from the boat Jinshui 12."We are back at last! Thank the nation! Thank the government!" he said."The news photos showing the sailors' bodies floating on the river had frightened me a lot. I had been very worried that similar incidents would happen again," said ...