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Continue ReadingAfter months of negotiations and failed promises, a proposed multi-billion dollar Myanmar port and special economic zone that could transform Southeast Asian trade appears back on track. Thai banks aim to keep the project afloat with short-term loans until an expected Japanese loan of up to $3.2 billion can be secured, officials and sources famliar […]
Continue ReadingChinese turbine maker Goldwind has signed a deal to provide three of its low-wind 2.5MW machines to a project in Thailand. The company signed an agreement with Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO) to provide the turbines to the Theppana wind farm, located about 250km northeast of Bangkok. It will be Goldwind’s first project in Southeast Asia […]
Continue ReadingSeven bidders have qualified to submit proposals to design and build flood prevention projects under the government’s 350 billion baht megaproject, Deputy Transport Minister Chadchart Sitiphan said yesterday. The bidders were shortlisted from a total of 34 companies and groups of companies that had expressed interest in preparing conceptual designs for the projects. The 27 […]
Continue ReadingA shortlist of seven plans has emerged from the initial 34 bids submitted for the government’s Bt350-billion flood prevention projects. The seven short-listed bidders will submit draft plans with cost and construction details by November 23, with the final selection to be announced on January 31, 2013. The seven bidders: 1 Korea Water Resources Corporation […]
Continue ReadingThe Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has hired Panya Consultants and Phisut Technology to map out the earthquake-risk zones of the city, Deputy Governor Wallop Suwandee announced yesterday. Although Bangkok isn’t on a fault line, soft soil makes the high-rise structures vulnerable to faraway quakes, Wallop said, citing a recent Myanmar quake that caused high-rises in the […]
Continue ReadingAustralia-based engineering and project services company Clough has won a $60m contract from Mubadala Petroleum affiliate Pearl Oil for the Manora oil field located in the G1/48 concession of the Gulf of Thailand. Under the contractual terms, Clough will be responsible for procuring equipment and bulk materials, fabricate the wellhead processing platform, transport and install […]
Continue ReadingKorea Midland Power Corp. joined a Thai renewable energy project to build an 8 megawatt solar power plant in the Southeast Asian country, according to the unit of Korea’s monopoly power distributor. Korea Midland signed a contract yesterday with Toyo-Thai Corp. PCL (TTCL), a Thai construction company, and Siam Steel Grating Group, a Thai utility […]
Continue ReadingA “land bridge to link the new seaport in the Andaman Sea and Songkhla port in the Gulf of Thailand. A visit by a House committee member to study the planned construction site of the Pak Bara deep-sea port brought out protesters in droves who are opposed to the project . About 300 people gathered […]
Continue ReadingOn Friday, Deputy Transport Minister Chatt Kuldiloke said he he had ordered a study on the ministry’s proposal to terminate the first section of the line, running from Rangsit in Pathum Thani to Bang Sue in Bangkok. The main reason the ministry wanted to terminate the Red Line project at Bang Sue was that it […]
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