Shortage of foreign workers in Thailand’s construction industry threatens recovery Manager reported that there was a shortage of up to half a million foreign migrant workers in the construction industry. The lack of manpower is forcing projects to slow down or stop altogether and having a knock-on effect in other investment in other industries. The […]
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NatureWorks to Build Fully Integrated Ingeo Plant in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand NatureWorks parent companies, Cargill and GC International, have authorized investment for new fully-integrated 165-million lb/yr facility in Thailand. NatureWorks’ global Ingeo PLA manufacturing expansion plan continues with the recent announcement that the company’s parent companies, GC International Corp., sub. of Thailand’s PTT Global […]
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Pattaya to Hua Hin ferry service officially ends The ferry between Pattaya and Hua Hin has officially stopped their service, this time seemingly permanently, due to the ongoing Covid -1 9 pandemic and lack of foreign tourists since March of last year. The ferry service between Pattaya and Hua Hin was first suspended due to […]
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Ominous signs for supply chains from new Covid lockdowns in Vietnam and China Lockdowns causing congestion at Ho Chi Minh City’s Cat Lai port and China’s Shanghai and Ningbo ports The lockdown in South Vietnam has caused a 100,000 teu pile-up at Ho Chi Minh City’s Cat Lai port. And in China, ports at Shanghai […]
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Thailand’s Department of Rail Transport resurrects plans for a high speed train to Hua Hin The Department of Rail Transport (DRT) has said it will once again look at plans to operate a high speed train to Hua Hin. Hua Hin was originally included in the Thai government’s plans to build a high speed rail […]
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Potential investors invited to bid for Rayong’s Map Ta Phut deep sea port third-phase development Terms of reference seen by year-end Potential investors are being invited to consider the third-phase development of the Map Ta Phut deep sea port in Rayong, according to the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT). The authority plans to announce […]
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Plasma Purity Power first company in Thailand to use of napier grass for electricity generation Plasma Purity Power Co (PP Power), a biogas power plant developer and operator, has announced it will be the first company in Thailand to be able to produce biogas purely from napier grass for electricity generation. Known as elephant-feeding grass, […]
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Bangkok Metropolitan Administration hires consultants to oversee new 19-kilometre Grey Line monorail project The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has hired consulting firms to provide analysis ahead of a public-private partnership (PPP) for the capital’s new monorail project. The firms, whose commission was approved on July 15, are InfraTrans Consultants Co Ltd, PricewaterhouseCoopers FAS Co, TransConsult […]
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BECL, Setting Cambodia’s gold standard in construction testing and inspection A public-private partnership between the Board of Engineers, Cambodia (BEC), and Singapore’s CAST Laboratories Pte Ltd will soon put the Cambodian real estate and construction sector on the same level with that of Singapore and other progressive countries in Asia. BEC and Cast Laboratories partnered […]
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Thailand’s Egat to import more electricity from Laos Additional 1,200MW under long-term deal State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) plans to import an additional 1,200 megawatts of electricity from hydroelectric power plants in Laos under a long-term purchase contract. Egat earlier signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines […]
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