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Thai bridge project 9.9 one hundred billion baht …. What is the problem?
On October 12, 2020 at 11:16 am
Column ‘Surrounding economy’
Due to the country’s economic recession and / or continued to decline for at least a few years, private investment contracted, as reflected by direct investment through investment promotion applications over the past eight months. It is worth 6.2 billion baht, while the government investment in several large projects, especially the electric train in the Bangkok area and linking the metropolitan area during the NCPO period continues until the current government has counted ten lines up which is unknown. Where else to do it? The project has been revived in the past, but small, not done, revised, it is a big project, starting with the impulse of the Minister of Transport in September, proposing to build the South Economic Bridge or “Southern Land Bridge”, which consists of build roads, highways and roads. Approximately 120 km of Skytrain connects two coasts so that large cargo ships from Europe do not have to pass through the Straits of Malacca or stop at the port of Singapore.
The Ranong deep water port development project, which has been built for a long time, but is not worth it because the ships come in smaller portions to become a world-class port. At the same time, a pier will be built in the Lang Suan district. The province of Chumphon will be a deep water port in the Gulf of Thailand There will be a system to transfer containers from ships to trucks or trains to another port to change ships called “InterModel Transhipment” This project has an approximate cost of 6-7 thousand million baht, which the Cabinet has approved. Budget to study Later, in early October, Mr. Supatthanaphong Phan Meechow, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy. The Thai Bridge Study Project, a “CEE” project, was launched by building a bridge across the Gulf of Thailand from Chonburi province, connecting Phetchaburi province at a distance of 80-100 kilometers , and then there is a project to build a bridge along the coast through various provinces along The project indicated that it will connect with the Chumphon port, which will connect with the “South Land Bridge” to link with the port of Ranong. This 9.9 billion baht project is the most budgeted project ever carried out in Thailand.
The reason for this investment is that it will be a cargo route from Laem Chabang, which will connect with the port of Ranong, to provide an alternative to import and export trade with West Coast countries where ships will have to cross Melaka. And return to transfer the ship in the port of Singapore to the port of Ranong and transfer to land to deliver the merchandise according to the destination in the country. If you are going to build a ship, you can link to Laem Chabang port in the hope that the word will spread. Wealth from the EEC to the Upper South and there will be industries to invest in the area. At the same time, it will be a tourist link to attract Pattaya tourists traveling from Phetchaburi, Hua Hin, Chumphon to Ranong, spreading prosperity from the east to joining the southern coast, both the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman. This project is not a joke because the Prime Minister agreed to have a feasibility study and an allocated budget to be studied and be a CEE project.
The question is, will the Thai Bridge project and the “Southern Land Bridge” be connected or not? Because they come out in different stages, but they seem to be connected. This project costs almost one trillion baht, it is a long-term investment only for a construction period of more than 10 years. The problem must be clear what to build for. Where are the results? What is the investment value and risk factors? Saying that he will be content with the Thais will help the cement and iron factories to stimulate the economy. Do not think that profitable industries are big semi-monopoly industries, but SMEs and villagers get nothing or just Small If you want to reduce the cost of logistics, transportation in the country or promote tourism, just build a bridge connecting Pattaya and Hua Hin, a major tourist destination on both sides of the Gulf of Thailand, should be sufficient and the distance can be reduced by at least 400. At the same time, the Thai Bridge will become a national landmark.
But if you want to make a bridge or causeway along the sea to connect the logistics route with the Chumphon port to be built in the hope that the shipping route will change, you do not need to use the Singapore port here, you must think again. Because the distance from Laem Chabang across the bridge across the Gulf of Thailand to Ranong Pier, the distance is not less than 700 kilometers or more. The cost of transport in tow trucks is approximately 30,000-35,000 per container, excluding the fee for crossing the bridge, at least 2-3 thousand baht is recognized and the container camp between the 2 ports (approximately 2,500 baht). That shipping is a type of transportation that is 7 times cheaper than road transportation, try to compare the cost of shipping ships on the coast of Surat Thani province to Laem Chabang port, the total cost is about 13,900 baht.
First of all, it is important to understand that the cost of international shipping is more important than saving 2-3 days, in fact, it takes days for a ship to be docked and put in a port for pickup. Because it is not that a boat or a car can pick things up on the side of the boat, it has to be stacked in the container yard. At the same time, the distance is 650-700 kilometers, it takes at least 6 hours. If you go to Laem Chabang, take the cargo, lift the container, then wait for the boat and put the container back into the boat. “Double handling” increases both time and cost. It is not worth giving an example comparing a ship from the port of Amsterdam, which is the northernmost in Europe, with the port of Laem Chabang, the total cost if it is a one way ship is 51,000 baht, if it is 45,000 baht departure, compared to using the Thai bridge route, only transport by car. The freight is also similar and does not include the “Freight Charge” which must be raised as a number. People who are not familiar with it may seem a bit difficult, but if you analyze it you will see the possibility or not
Thai Bridge Project, when combined with the southern economic bridge, Southern Land Bridge It is a great project in the world, investing in logistics infrastructure that is considered a world-class infrastructure should be thought like China, connecting Hong Kong-Macao- Zhuhai. In Japan, there is a Tokyo Bay Bridge project between Chiba and Yokohama. If the government is to move forward, it must be better than it needs to be. If it is just for tourism, investing just a bridge over the Gulf of Thailand should be enough, and the gift is to shorten the travel time and transport a third without having to pass the Rama 2 highway, which is very stuck, but if it is to make a bridge several hundred kilometers long. Being a route that connects the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea, hoping that Ranong port becomes 2’s port of Singapore ….. I can only think and dream, but the real world is different.
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