Bangkok, Thailand, based Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited and Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FELS Limited have entered into a Letter of Intent with a combined value of about US$360 million. It covers construction at the Singapore shipyard of two jack-up rigs (plus options for two more) for a new Mermaid-led joint venture: Asia […]
Continue ReadingSource: Reuters Cambodia has reopened a stretch of railway destroyed during the country’s war and officials described it as a step towards boosting regional trade through rail links with neighbours. The Asian Development Bank is contributing $84 million to a $141 million project to repair 650 km (400 miles) of railway linking Cambodia‘s capital, Phnom […]
Continue ReadingSolar Frontier to Supply 3.3 MW of CIS Modules to Thailand’s Gunkul Powergen Based in Northern Thailand, the plant will provide electricity using 38,500 panels with completion scheduled for the end of 2010. Japanese firm Solar Frontier will supply Gunkul Powergen with 3.3MW of CIS solar modules in a power plant project coordinated by Marubeni […]
Continue ReadingPöyry has been awarded engineering contractor services contracts for 6 x 110 and 1 x 120 MW gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration power plant projects in Thailand by Mit-Power (Thailand) Limited, which is owned by Mitsui. The total value of the assignments is about EUR 15 million. The Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the first three contracts with a value […]
Continue ReadingMass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand Combats Terrorism with Improved CCTV Surveillance Mirasys Ltd, a leading provider of open platform digital CCTV and video surveillance solutions, today announced that the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has installed a centralised Video Monitoring System coupled with Mirasys NVR recorders across 18 disparate underground stations to […]
Continue Reading73 hectares or 460 Rai of contiguous full chanote land suitable for a golf course in Krabi, Southern Thailand is for sale. The site location is within 30 minutes drive from Krabi International Airport and close to the resort destinations of Ao Nang, The project site known as “The Cove Krabi” has been put up […]
Continue ReadingThey say elephants never forget – and neither do the readers of Condé Nast Traveler. For the third consecutive year, the magazine’s readers have selected Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle, Thailand as the Number One Property in the World. The Tented Camp received a perfect score of 100 points in Condé Nast Traveler’s 23rd Annual […]
Continue ReadingFoster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Japan‘s Marubeni Corp for the design and supply of two pulverized coal steam generators for the Nghi Son 1 Project for Vietnam Electricity (EVN). The project is located in the central province of Thanh Hoa in Vietnam. […]
Continue ReadingThe number of rooms emerging Asian hotel investment company, Red Planet Hotels, has under construction surged past 1,000 this week, fuelled by the injection of fresh investment capital. The company is developing a portfolio of Tune hotels in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Bangladesh. Red Planet already has 1,023 hotel rooms through six hotels […]
Continue ReadingONYX announces Shama acquisition ONYX Hospitality Group, the Thailand based, hotel management company, announced the acquisition of Shama, one of Asia’s leading, luxury, boutique serviced apartment providers. ONYX Hospitality Group’s 100% acquisition of Shama marks the activation of the Group’s growth strategy to become one of Asia’s leading providers of hospitality across all sectors of […]
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