Amlo hoping to recover costs as ’Phoenix’ put to auction - again

[snoop1130]

Amlo hoping to recover costs as ’Phoenix’ put to auction - again

By The Phuket News

 

Amlo are hoping to recover at least some of the costs of keeping the Phoenix tour boat wreck at the the Rattanachai Shipyard, on the east side of Phuket Town. Photos: Amlo
 

PHUKET:-- The Phoenix tour boat, which sank off Phuket in July last year killing 47 Chinese tourists, will go up for auction again at the Phuket City Municipality offices this Wednesday (Aug 7).
 

Following the disaster on July 5, 2018, raids led to the discovery that the operators of the boat had laundered more than B1 billion. This led to the seizure of operators’ assets, which are being auctioned off by the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo).

 

Since January of this year alone, the boat has incurred up to about B918,000 in costs for being kept at the Rattanachai Shipyard, on the east side of Phuket Town.

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/amlo-hoping-to-recover-costs-as-phoenix-put-to-auction-again-72399.php#IKajxz5EdgoqHK6D.97

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-08-05

Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info

[NCC1701A]

how do you say "heartless money grubbing Thais sell Chinese death trap" in Chinese? 

 

[from the home of CC]

must of missed that news about the money washing, was it meth?

[ratcatcher]

  Here's an idea.   

[Cadbury]

The boat is cursed. No one wants it.

It's only value is it's registration numbers which may be useful for lottery tickets. 

[LivinginKata]

Only worth metal scrap value.

[Golden Triangle]

Take it back out to sea, as close as possible to where it sank, get some monks to do some chanting and make it a shrine for those that perished, sink it and let nature take control and turn it into a reef for the local sea life, also make sure it is out of bounds to divers etc.

 

You nasty money grabbing pieces of detritus.

[trainman34014]

Good target practice for Subs !

 

Edited August 5, 2019 by trainman34014

[sammieuk1]

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

how do you say "heartless money grubbing Thais sell Chinese death trap" in Chinese? 

 

You auction our coffin but please come back TAT loves you roughly translated back from mandarin ????

[Happy Grumpy]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the boat has incurred up to about B918,000 in costs for being kept at the Rattanachai Shipyard,

I presume they're sending the bill to the families of the dead in China. 

[sammieuk1]

They will be stuck with this festering albatross forever unless the money monsters cut their losses and do the right thing and cut it up like any other self respecting country would????

[sammieuk1]

Just now, Happy Grumpy said:

I presume they're sending the bill to the families of the dead in China. 

Sure that has been discussed and letters may be posted when the final bill comes in + disbursements????  

[Justgrazing]

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

PHUKET:-- The Phoenix tour boat, which sank off Phuket in July last year killing 47 Chinese tourists, will go up for auction again at the Phuket City Municipality offices this Wednesday

Jeez' talk about flogging a dead horse .. Do they have no shame .. 

[White Christmas13]

8 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Jeez' talk about flogging a dead horse .. Do they have no shame .. 

No

[Matzzon]

6 hours ago, Cadbury said:

The boat is cursed. No one wants it.

It's only value is it's registration numbers which may be useful for lottery tickets. 

The problem will only be the winnings. They have to land a jackpot of close to 1 billion to break even.

 

2 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Jeez' talk about flogging a dead horse .. Do they have no shame .. 

Absolutely not! It´s money we are talking about.

[RichardColeman]

The way the Thai brain seems to works sometimes, i get the feeling some rich Thai will turn it into a floating Chinese restaurant

[scorecard]

9 hours ago, Cadbury said:

The boat is cursed. No one wants it.

It's only value is it's registration numbers which may be useful for lottery tickets. 

True, and selling it as a complete ship is utterly disrespectful to the 49 human beings who lost their lives, there should be just one action, break it up now and sell it for crap. 

[stevenl]

8 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

They will be stuck with this festering albatross forever unless the money monsters cut their losses and do the right thing and cut it up like any other self respecting country would????

You mean like the UK, selling the Herald of Free Enterprise?

[Scott]

Post removed.   English only.

[legend49]

Tell them they're dreaming.

[Kerryd]

I find it rather ridiculous that they've racked up nearly a million in storage fees (since January - not counting last year's fees) - just to have this wreck parked in the back corner of some storage yard. Someone is taking the piss on that one.

 

If they cleaned the wreck up and were more realistic with their expectations they might find a buyer. Unfortunately it seems they are hoping to get something near to what it would have been worth if it hadn't sunk (or had 47 people die on it).

As someone else mentioned, it would be better served as a memorial, sunk near where the tragedy happened (with a plaque on it) where it could be the start of an artificial reef.

 

Otherwise it likely won't be worth much more than it's scrap value. 

[stevenl]

10 minutes ago, Kerryd said:

I find it rather ridiculous that they've racked up nearly a million in storage fees (since January - not counting last year's fees) - just to have this wreck parked in the back corner of some storage yard. Someone is taking the piss on that one.

 

If they cleaned the wreck up and were more realistic with their expectations they might find a buyer. Unfortunately it seems they are hoping to get something near to what it would have been worth if it hadn't sunk (or had 47 people die on it).

As someone else mentioned, it would be better served as a memorial, sunk near where the tragedy happened (with a plaque on it) where it could be the start of an artificial reef.

 

Otherwise it likely won't be worth much more than it's scrap value. 

"I find it rather ridiculous that they've racked up nearly a million in storage fees (since January - not counting last year's fees) - just to have this wreck parked in the back corner of some storage yard. Someone is taking the piss on that one."

It is at a shipyard, the only local shipyard where a ship that size can enter. And yest, that yard is expensive, but the fees charged are at a significantly reduced rate. Having said that, I am sure the owner of the shipyard is happy.

[Colabamumbai]

How do you recover the cost of 47 dead?

[elcaro]

Wonder who owns the shipyard? ????????

[leither69]

What about the operators?

[fxe1200]

They could put the wreck on display opposite of the Rassada pier parking lot as a memorial for the people deceased and a warning not to enter ships without the right life saving equipment and licenses including the captain.

[British Bulldog]

To would be Thai purchasers, this would be a "Pee" Boat (Ghost ship) no respecting Thai or other Asian would purchase this boat, unless you want to hold Ghost tours

[sammieuk1]

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

You mean like the UK, selling the Herald of Free Enterprise?

Is that the topic and that was sold for scrap what's your point?????

[Sir Swagman]

Hard to imagine a vessel such as this, with a well demonstrated seaworthiness, not being snapped up

 

[NightSky]

7 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Jeez' talk about flogging a dead horse .. Do they have no shame .. 

When you say ‘they’ let’s be clear it is not the view or opinion of all THAI people and only of those stinking of pure greed who are trying to sell this vessel for financial gain.