Author: Peter Carlisle

Rayong’s U-Tapao Airport Expansion Hits Turbulence as Phase 1 Investment Scale Reviewed The U-Tapao Airport expansion’s initial phase is being scaled back by the concessionaire, UTA, primarily due to persistent delays in the high-speed rail (HSR) project intended to link three major airports. UTA has proposed reducing the Phase 1 passenger terminal capacity from 6 […]

Thailand’s High-Speed Rail Bidding Opens for 2026 The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is gearing up to open bidding for the cutting-edge Bangkok to Nong Khai high-speed railway in 2026. This ambitious project promises to revolutionise regional connectivity by reducing travel times and boosting economic growth. SRT chief, Veerath Amrapal, unveiled the plans during a […]

Thailand set to finally embrace nuclear power Proposal to install small modular reactors (SMRs) A proposal to install small modular reactors (SMRs) in Thailand looks set to gain momentum amid corporate interest in using the technology to ensure stable power supplies and support the national plan to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Ratch Group, the […]

Thailand’s Land Bridge – from Ranong on the Andaman coast to Chumphon on the Gulf of Thailand – falls flat Shipping sector lukewarm, though property speculators keen As Thailand’s political future hangs in the balance, so too does one of the country’s most ambitious mega-infrastructure proposals: the Land Bridge Project, envisioned as a transformative logistics […]