Dresser-Rand compressor trains to enhance pipeline capacity in Thailand

Dresser-Rand compressor trains to enhance pipeline capacity in Thailand The Dresser-Rand business, part of Siemens Power and Gas, will supply three gas turbine-driven turbo compressor trains for the Wang Noi compressor station in Thailand. Samsung Engineering is constructing the station. Owner of the station is Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas company, PTT Public Company (PTT). […]

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Go-ahead for Nakon Ratchasima rail elevation project

Go-ahead for Nakon Ratchasima rail elevation project Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s mobile Cabinet meeting in Nakon Ratchasima yesterday approved a Bt2.6 billion plan to elevate an inner-city section of the Map Krabao-Jira double track rail project to avoid inconvenience to city residents and commuters. The project is one of several double track schemes being implemented […]

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Thepa Power plant approval branded unjust

Thepa Power plant approval branded unjust AN ACADEMIC claims that the Environmental and Health Impact Assessment’s (EHIA) approval for the Thepa coal-fired power plant was unjust, because local people did not have a chance to present to the expert committee before a final decision was made, and because the report was inconclusive. The project owner, […]

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Bangkok MRTA: construction of 4 mass rapid lines go as planned

Bangkok MRTA: construction of 4 mass rapid lines go as planned The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) of Thailand confirms that all constructions for the four mass rapid lines had proceeded as planned. MRTA Acting Governor Theeraphan Techasirinukul disclosed that the MRTA has been implementing the construction project of the four mass rapid lines. Constructions […]

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10-YEAR VISAS NOW AVAILABLE: THAI IMMIGRATION

10-YEAR VISAS NOW AVAILABLE: THAI IMMIGRATION The much awaited 10-year visa for foreign retirees is now available, the top commander of the immigration police said Wednesday. , though staff seem to be unaware of the announcement. Lt. Gen. Natthathorn Prohsunthorn said the new visa will come in two installments of five years each. It can […]

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Influential Thais push to build $28bn Kra canal

Influential Thais push to build $28bn Kra canal A lobby group of Thai generals, politicians, academics and business people have joined with Chinese interests to persuade Bangkok to revive the plan to build a $28bn, 140-km canal across Thailand’s Kra isthmus, allowing ships to avoid the congested Straits of Malacca. According to the Nikkei Asian […]

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Siemens Gamesa installs Asia’s tallest wind turbines at Thai wind farm

Siemens Gamesa installs Asia’s tallest wind turbines at Thai wind farm Siemens Gamesa claims that it has installed Asia’s tallest ever wind turbines at the 67.5 MW Sarahnlom wind farm in the Nakhon Ratchasima province in central Thailand. The wind farm, owned by Thai engineering firm Gunkul Engineering, features Siemens Gamesa’s G114.2.0 and G114.2.1 line […]

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Giant firms win B16bn double-track railway contracts for Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan

Giant firms win B16bn double-track railway contracts for Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan Two giant construction companies have won contracts for two sections of a 169km double-track railway from Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan worth 16 billion baht. Tanongsak Pongprasert, deputy chief of the State Railway of […]

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Long-awaited 1.2km missing rail link from Bang Sue to Tao Poon officially opens

Long-awaited 1.2km missing rail link from Bang Sue to Tao Poon officially opens The long-awaited 1.2 kilometre missing rail service between the Blue Line and the Purple Line was officially opened today by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Taopoon station. The rail link will enable convenience for commuters to travel all the way on the […]

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Transport Ministry and BMA to expand Saphan Taksin station to a double track to solve traffic congestion

Transport Ministry and BMA to expand Saphan Taksin station to a double track to solve traffic congestion The Ministry of Transport and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have decided to expand the single-track Saphan Taksin station to a double track. Transport Minister Arkhom Termphitthayaphaisit disclosed that the Department of Rural Roads will transform the single lane […]

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