Navy tasked with ensuring marine tour boat safety in Phuket

 

The meeting today of leading officials from government agencies involved in marine tourism transport was held to ensure and expedite compliance with marine safety regulations, Said R/Adm Somnuk. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- Following the Phoenix tour boat disaster, Rear Admiral Somnuk Preampramot, Commander of the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command based at Cape Panwa on Phuket’s east coast, has been ordered to set guidelines for “controlling and supervising” tour boats operating in the Phuket area.

 

R/Adm Somnuk held a meeting today of leading officials from government agencies involved in marine tourism transport to ensure and expedite compliance with marine safety regulations.

 

R/Adm Somnuk said the order followed Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha visiting Phuket in person on Monday (July 9) in response to the Phoenix disaster.

 

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Non-Conformist Captains will be sunk at dawn

Thailand doesn't need a Navy, they need a Coast Guard.  A Coast Guard would have a lot of the same equipment, but the mission and training would be more oriented toward rescues, inspections/licensing, anti-smuggling and defense.

 

 

Hmmm...only Phuket?

Will they get airconditioned booths like the road traffic police?

17 minutes ago, otherstuff1957 said:

Thailand doesn't need a Navy, they need a Coast Guard.  A Coast Guard would have a lot of the same equipment, but the mission and training would be more oriented toward rescues, inspections/licensing, anti-smuggling and defense.

 

 

Raider is now called Twix ...

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Navy tasked with ensuring marine tour boat safety in Phuket

Who had the job before?

The captains. 

 

I expect this to be as effective as controlling the apparently still uncontrolled fishing industry.

5 hours ago, tifino said:

 

Non-Conformist Captains will be sunk at dawn

Hopefully their scaly immoral greedy employers will be first to sink permenantly. Until someone is punished seriously nothing will change, and the errant officials should share their cells, all of them 50 years

no chance of parole and with all their assets confiscated; boat owns, tour companies involved, captains and government officials and all of them seriously shamed on social media, big signs at their houses and more.

 

 

 

4 hours ago, 300sd said:

Who had the job before?

The captains. 

 

 

Well the government officials involved certainly weren't doing their jobs.

Yeah, Navy. What was outcome of that defamation suit again? They've shown themselves to be of highest caliber, such as escorting Myanmar refugees off to Malaysia for full employment...

They can't even stop or control the Tuk Tuk / Taxi Mafia...

You need a dedicated branch of service to Handle it as well as all your aids to navigation we use the coastguard here in America they approve vessel design stability licensing of crew periodic inspections all the nessary formulas are there for the asking please grow Thailand to first world destination not a death trap 

Fortunately the navy has anticipated this mission.

Is this the same Thai Navy that needed "outside" assistance to rescue some Thai boys from a cave????  ?

 

Yeah, because that has worked every time in the past 

17 hours ago, otherstuff1957 said:

Thailand doesn't need a Navy, they need a Coast Guard.  A Coast Guard would have a lot of the same equipment, but the mission and training would be more oriented toward rescues, inspections/licensing, anti-smuggling and defense.

Can Big Joke swim ?  If so, he should head up the tourist marine police.  He will be grabbing headlines with his heroics on the high seas.  A policing unit similar to a coast guard is needed.  It they cannot do it themselves, they should hire a private security company like guard force.  

18 hours ago, otherstuff1957 said:

Thailand doesn't need a Navy, they need a Coast Guard.  A Coast Guard would have a lot of the same equipment, but the mission and training would be more oriented toward rescues, inspections/licensing, anti-smuggling and defense.

 

 

 

But But But a Coastguard service would not need submarines.