Bangkok Shipowners and Agent Association

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Laem Chabang Port
   

     Laem Chabang Port is situated in the districts of Sriracha and Banglamung of Chol Buri Province, at a distance of about 130 kilometers from Bangkok. The port covers an area of around 2,506 acres.

     The Laem Chabang Port's policy of development is focused on enabling the port to accommodate post panamax size ships and to be the transhipment hub of Indo-China region. LCP has been developed to be international standard port and was recently announced by Cargonews Asia to be one of the five best ports in Asia along with Hong Kong, singapore, Malaysia and Philippines.

Major LCP development are as follows :-
 

1. Provision of modern mechanical handling equipment together with NAVIS system for port management and container terminal.
 

2. Promoting container operators and shipping lines to bring in mother ships to the port since 1996. Currently there are 5 major liners directly call at the port that help reduce the expenses on transhipment in neighboring countries. This results in less overall cost for Thailand's import and export.
 

3. The port traffic dramatically increased from 1,360 TEU in 1991 to 1,036,063 TEU in 1997 and 1.75 million TEU in 1999.
 

4. Phase I development is nearly completed with the maximum capacity of 1.65 million TEU. Meanwhile, the initial stage of Phase II has been started to serve up to 3.5 million TEU in 2010. The first terminal under Phase II development was completed and is under the process of selecting the terminal operator.

PAT is also selecting the operator for the Multi-purpose terminal. The result is expected to be announced by the end of this year.

Source:   PAT, 49th ANNIVERSARY, 16 MAY 2000
 
 

FACILITIES

BERTH

Berth/Dolphin/Buoy

Length (ft.)

Number of Berths

Size of

Capacity

Vessel/Draught

(ft.)

Domestic Berth (A)

1,832

1

916/23

2

Coastal Berth (A1)

1,000

1

833/21

1

Multi-Purpose Berth (A2)

1,333

1

1,000/40

1

Conventional Berth (A3)

1,166

1

1,000/40

1

Sugar Berth (A4)

1,166

1

1,000/40

1

Bulk Berth (A5)

1,500

1

1,000/40

1

Container Berth (B1-B4)

1,000

4

1,000/40

4

Container Berth (B5)

1,333

1

1,000/40

1

Source:   PAT
 
 

MECHANICAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Equipment

Capicity

Quantity (Units)

Rail Mounted Shoreside Container Crane

40

tons

14

35

tons

2

Yard Gantry Crane

30.5 - 41

tons

34

Top Loader

8 - 30.5

tons

10

Empty Container Stacker

8 - 45

tons

12

Mobile Crane

40

tons

1

50

tons

1

Tractor for Trailer

36

tons

110

Container Chassis

-

  

134

Forklift Truck

2.5 - 6

tons

48

Motor Truck

6

tons

10

Source:   PAT
 

SERVICE CRAFTS

Item

Capacity

Quantity

Tug Boat

800 - 3,200

hp

8

Garbage Boat

180

hp

1

Rope Boat

123.5 - 250

hp

4

Buoy Tender

1,000

hp

1

Service Boat

445

hp

1

Source:   PAT