Consulting firm hired for Bt22m to study EEC transport link to South

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Consulting firm hired for Bt22m to study EEC transport link to South

By The Nation

 

 

The Office of Transport and Public Policy and Planning has hired Infra Plus Consulting for Bt22 million to conduct a study on its plan to build an efficient transport link between the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and the South through Ranong province.

 

The move is part of the government's plan to create a transport link between EEC, covering the provinces of Rayong, Chonbur and Chachoengsao, and other parts of the country.

 

The study should be completed by July next year, the office’s deputy director general Wilairat Sirisoponsilp said.

 

The plan focuses on upgrading the deep sea port in Ranong and turning it into a trading gateway for the Andaman Sea to accommodate the transfer of goods from EEC to countries that are members of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) as well as to Europe, Middle-East and Africa.

 

BIMSTEC comprises Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30397914

 

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[yellowboat]

They forgot the word "hub".  Looks like the EEC is the only egg basket in Thailand, courtesy of junta: unpopular, Thailand wide. 

[Destiny1990]

All these transportation talks , researches, comitees for years and years with absolutely nothing to show for. 

[hotchilli]

Upgrading the  deep sea port based at Rayong ready for the Chinese freighters to operate out of.

Sounds like another Sihanoukville in the making.

[JohanB]

China doesn't need a deep sea port in Ranong. Only fooling and snaring Thailand to new debts.

China already have the 70% stake in the Kyaukphyu deep-water port project in the Rakhine state in Myanmar and will shortly take over 100% of the project from the debt laden Myanmar government.

They already have pipelines to Kunming and are planning an Indian Ocean naval base there.

https://www.rwradvisory.com/china-moves-closer-to-control-of-deep-water-port-project-at-kyaukphyu-myanmar/

 

[bloodyholly]

Lucky ol’ Infra Plus Consulting