Middle East conflict hits Phang Nga tourism – hundreds of tour boats sitting idle
THE Middle East conflict has led to tourism in southern Phang Nga province declining with hundreds of tour boats sitting idle at Surakul pier, aka Kasom pier, in Takua Thung district which is a popular departure point for tours of Phang Nga Bay, Naewna newspaper said today (April 16). Ms. Chotimont (surname withheld), manager […]
Read MoreNavy seizes several tons of contraband heading for Cambodia
IN AN operation mounted in the dead of the night the Thai navy seized four Cambodian long-tail boats carrying tons of contraband goods from Trat province to the neighbouring country and arrested six crew members, Naewna newspaper said today (April 13). RADM Parach Rattanachaiyapan, the Thai navy’s spokesperson, said the navy’s First Naval Area […]
Read MoreTour boats at Bang Saray, Sattahip start docking as fuel prices rise
A BIG JUMP in fuel prices has severely impacted tourist boat operators at Bang Saray and Sattahip in Chonburi with unsustainable costs forcing many of them to dock temporarily as they called on the government for assistance, Amarin TV and TNN said today (March 26). Retail prices of diesel and petrol rose by six […]
Read MoreArson suspected in blaze that gutted 8 fishing boats
POLICE are investigating possible arson in a big fire that completely destroyed eight fishing boats last night in Nakhon Si Thammarat causing over 10 million baht damage, Amarin TV said this morning (March 20). At around 1 a.m. Pol. Lt. Athorn Thongnak, deputy investigator at Khanom police station in this southern province, was alerted […]
Read MoreMyanmar navy shot at three Thai fishing boats without warning
MYANMAR navy vessels shot at three Thai fishing boats without warning soon after midnight yesterday (Nov. 30) leading to one crewmember dying, two being injured and of 31 captured four are Thai with the rest being Myanmar citizens while the neighbouring country’s ambassador has been summoned for talks tomorrow, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon […]
Read MoreThailand to protest Myanmar warships attacking Thai fishing boats
THAILAND is moving to protest three Myanmar warships attacking around 50 Thai fishing boats that had set sail from Ranong soon after midnight today (Nov. 30) leading to two fishermen having died, two injured and two more missing while one boat with 31 fishermen was captured, Naewna newspaper said. Maj. Gen. Thanathip Sawangsaeng, the […]
Read MoreOnly 5,000 out of 330,000 litres of smuggled oil left
AN INSPECTION of three oil-smuggling boats that escaped from Marine Police pier in Sattahip, Chonburi, and were later seized off Songkhla city in the South found that only 5,000 out of 330,000 litres of contraband oil now remain, Amarin TV said today (June 20). Pol.Col. Paramet Phoinok, head of Marine Police in Songkhla, together […]
Read MorePolice confident those behind escape of oil-smuggling boats will be prosecuted
POLICE are certain that those involved in the escape of three oil-smuggling boats from the Marine Police pier in Sattahip and subsequent capture near Songkhla city in the south could be prosecuted despite prosecutors having raised the question that if they were seized in international waters it would make the case difficult, Naewna newspaper […]
Read More3 oil-smuggling boats have arrived at Songkhla, 2 racketeers being probed
THE three captured oil-smuggling boats reached Songkhla Marine Police pier last night (June 17) with there being eight crew members on board and only a little bit of oil left at the bottom of one of the vessels and it still being ascertained how much if any remains on the other two, Amarin TV […]
Read MoreContraband oil, many crew members missing from seized boats
MARINE Police who capture the three oil-smuggling boats initially sent word that the over 330,000 litres of contraband oil is now missing with only six to seven crew members of approximately 20 who escaped from the Sattahip pier last Tuesday (June 11) being aboard, Amarin TV said today (June 17). The three large boats […]
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