You all got it wrong. A Thai will buy it fix it up charge 10 times the normal rate to passengers then after get no passengers blame us for their failed business. 

11 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

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

Thailand seized the assets which includes the boat.... they get to pay any costs incurred as they are the owners now !!!

Storage costs from July 5, 2018 to Jan 2019 = 918,000 Bht..

 

For ONLY six months.. 

=153,000 Bht per month.. 

=35,307 Bht per week.. 

=5,044 Bht per day.. 

=210 Thb per hour.. 

 

More expensive than staying in a suite at a 5 star hotel, and this wreck is just further decaying in a corner of a Phuket ship yard making someone lots of money.. 

 

And the reserve price is only 900k..

What a bargain.. 

11 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

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

Probably

3 hours ago, stevenl said:

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

It was sold for scrap and dismantled.

No wonder Chinese are not coming in to TH

1 hour ago, Sir Swagman said:

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

 

"well demonstrated seaworthiness,..." Really?

Isn't the ship owner a wealthy Chinese guy, let him deal with it.

A non-English troll post has been removed.

As a retired ship captain I can tell you that the IMO (International Maritime Organization) and the laws of every country that I know of place the safety of the ship, crew, passengers, cargo, and environment DIRECTLY on the Master (Captain) of the vessel and not on management or a Chinese tour guide. Anyone who claims otherwise is just simple uninformed.

TALK about the Sinking Ship What about The Sinking Country -Thailand. The way the Farangs are Disappearing  Thailand Will be The Sunken Country. Hello Cambodia, Vietnam The Philippines and The Malaysians (all the next door neighbours with Chinese Cash) 

Thainess at its very best - explained! 

17 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

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

 

No need to translate everybody including the Chinese understands, which is why they have stopped coming, but the Indians are here.

54 minutes ago, Expat Tom said:

As a retired ship captain I can tell you that the IMO (International Maritime Organization) and the laws of every country that I know of place the safety of the ship, crew, passengers, cargo, and environment DIRECTLY on the Master (Captain) of the vessel and not on management or a Chinese tour guide. Anyone who claims otherwise is just simple uninformed.

Ok retired maritime captain, can you refresh my memory on why did she go down with the loss of so many souls ?

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

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.

 

I wonder who the ownership interest are for the shipyard involved here, how they are managing to charge those kinds of storage fees for a wreck, and whether they might have any connections to the local police folks involved?

 

Still think someone is missing a golden opportunity here.

A quick spruce up, and the Chinese tourists would possibly jump at the chance of a cruise with their

"Long lost Spirits".

This IS Thailand and nothing would surprise me. 

7 hours ago, Kerryd said:

 

 

If they cleaned the wreck up and were more realistic with their expectations they might find a buyer. 

Some people have obviously never tried to buy a boat.

You look at the asking price,  £26,000 / $AU 50,000 ...

 

Clean it up, and a lick of paint.

The engine is worth considering just for its value. 

(If someone thought to clean it after its unfortunate mishap)

 

Many vessels are resold overseas after incidents. 

They're not thinking about the sale enough,  to say it's the

Land of Scams.

18 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

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

????????????

19 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

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.

I could not agree more.

 

9 hours ago, HHTel said:

It was sold for scrap and dismantled.

Yes, after they tried to sell her to keep her sailing. Same could happen here.

11 hours ago, dallen52 said:

 

The engine is worth considering just for its value. 

(If someone thought to clean it after its unfortunate mishap)

 

Value only as a mooring;

 

"a converted truck engine had been used instead of proper marine-grade engine.”    - Engineers report after salvage.

12 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Value only as a mooring;

 

"a converted truck engine had been used instead of proper marine-grade engine.”    - Engineers report after salvage.

Sort of sounds about right. 

Surprised they haven't got a row of 125cc bike engines in there.

The Indians are the experts at dismantling marine junk for scrap.

Recruit 20 Indian men on holidays and pay them 1000 baht a day to pull it apart where it is.

Sell what you can for scrap.

You would have to pay someone to tow it away.

Nobody will buy it unless a favour is called in by a 'dark influence'.

Ok retired maritime captain, can you refresh my memory on why did she go down with the loss of so many souls ?

I don’t want to search for old posts but it was a disaster of marine architectural failure and poorly maintained with substandard parts went down in benign conditions. Doomed from the start.