New ferry boats to be put in service in Klong Saen Saeb

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Two new passenger boats which are safer and more convenient will be put on a test run in Klong Saen Saeb later this month before they are commissioned into service.

 

The Marine department and the Krobkrua Khonsong company which operates the Klong Saen Saeb boat service have jointly worked on a new design of the boats to be put into service in the near future.

 

The seats of the new boats are arranged like those in city buses with an aisle between the rows of seats. 

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/new-ferry-boats-to-be-put-in-service-in-klong-saen-saeb/

 

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The lifevests should be at every seat and easy to grab.

 

The backrests should have nice rounded corners.

 

The stairs should have anti-slippery material mounted on it.

 

There should be a 2nd lower handrail for children at the stairs.

 

I'm not impressed, lack of education again. It's so easy to google for a European boat and just copy it.

Until they manage to wrangle most of the turds floating in that section of the canals, and get the smell down below the gag-me level, I'd suggest they also put up a clear plastic shield on each side of the boat to reduce the chances of the passengers picking up some kind of diseases when that nasty water splashes on them.

1 hour ago, fruitman said:

I'm not impressed, lack of education again. It's so easy to google for a European boat and just copy it.

 

Forget that, unless they can charge Euro prices.  It's not lack of education.  It's mostly economics.  When was the last Euro passenger boat made of wood?

 

I work offshore Thailand, and our boats' safety standards prove that the knowledge is here.  But we pay out the wazoo for it. Typical BKK local commuters?  They couldn't afford a Euro boat ride every day to get to work.

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Forget that, unless they can charge Euro prices.  It's not lack of education.  It's mostly economics.  When was the last Euro passenger boat made of wood?

 

I work offshore Thailand, and our boats' safety standards prove that the knowledge is here.  But we pay out the wazoo for it. Typical BKK local commuters?  They couldn't afford a Euro boat ride every day to get to work.

 

Yup it will cost a fortune to saw/file the planks with nicely rounded corners uhhhuhh. And routing some extra profile grooves in the stairplanks also will be vely expensive....sure. Oh and welding another lower stainless pipe on the handrail also costs a lot extra...

 

Europeans don't use hardwood anymore since it's sooo expensive. The floorpaint on this boat won't last long though, some anti slipperymats (homepro 300 baht a meter) won't be that expensive as well. Cheaper in chinatown on the roll.

 

The reason offshore uses the best boats is because if somebody falls or tears up his clothes it will cost a lot to replace and might even damage the productionspeed.

 

This is all lack of education, well at least they didn't make the benches in a 90 degree angle so they learned about that already.

 

BKK commuters have enough money, just look at the cars you see downtown and you'll know enough...Every other asian capital can afford good transport as well and tourists can sure pay it and will use it more often...safety first krab!

 

The lifevests under the benches also wouldn't cost a fortune and can save many lives in case of an accident.

2 minutes ago, fruitman said:

 

Yup it will cost a fortune to saw/file the planks with nicely rounded corners uhhhuhh. And routing some extra profile grooves in the stairplanks also will be vely expensive....sure. Oh and welding another lower stainless pipe on the handrail also costs a lot extra...

 

Europeans don't use hardwood anymore since it's sooo expensive. The floorpaint on this boat won't last long though, some anti slipperymats (homepro 300 baht a meter) won't be that expensive as well. Cheaper in chinatown on the roll.

 

The reason offshore uses the best boats is because if somebody falls or tears up his clothes it will cost a lot to replace and might even damage the productionspeed.

 

This is all lack of education, well at least they didn't make the benches in a 90 degree angle so they learned about that already.

 

BKK commuters have enough money, just look at the cars you see downtown and you'll know enough...Every other asian capital can afford good transport as well and tourists can sure pay it and will use it more often...safety first krab!

 

The lifevests under the benches also wouldn't cost a fortune and can save many lives in case of an accident.

 

All good ideas, but the sum of the lot still don't make a Euro standard boat- not even close.  I'm hoping they adopt a lot of them when they actually outfit what looks like a bare boat still under construction.  Otherwise, there would be life rings and fire extinguishers, etc in the photo.

 

Bangkok commuters who own cars aren't going to make up the majority of their market.  They drive to work.  If they're counting on tourists, they better do something about the stench.  Their target demographic seems to be the less affluent locals who would benefit from a convenient, albeit spartan, method of staying off the infamous BKK buses.

BKK should invest in good watertransport since that's the only way left...skytrain and metro cost much more and makes us walk too far so isn't convenient.

 

Thai shouldn't build passengerboats at all if this is all they can come up with. It's far below standard and i'm only talking about small things like rounded corners/good handrails/non-slippery floors which would have been cheap to build.

 

Also i think the roof is too low for european tourists, should  be 210 cm clearance.

 

I have no idea what those minivans charge but compared to the skytrain/metro the boats are pretty cheap way of transport. If they get used by the masses they will still make much money plus it will save ALL commuters much time which also has a high price...

 

Biggest problem of living in BKK is the waste of time while commuting/travelling, boats will be excellent to solve th

 

at issue.

 

Yes it shouldn't be a dieselengine but the Thai can't build safe lpg/ngv systems and solar is far beyond their hat....lack of education again.

 

These boats even don't have fans at the ceiling to bring a little comfort during the trip.

 

So i'm not impressed by the new boats..lucky they bought brand new buses but unfortunately they are made in China...we'll see how long they last.

 

I hope that they haven't forgotten to put in the mechanism for lowering the roof, so the boats can get under the bridges.