Missing oil-smuggling boats returning to Songkhla tomorrow: Police
THAI Marine Police have taken control of three oil-smuggling boats that disappeared from a pier in Sattahip, Chonburi, last Tuesday night (June 11) and they are expected to sail back to southern Songkhla port tomorrow, TV Channel 7 said this evening (June 16) Pol. Lt. Gen Kraiboon Suadsong, director of National Police Oil Smuggling […]
Read MoreA lot of movement at pier before 3 oil-smuggling boats disappeared
AMIDST both sea and air search for three oil-smuggling boats that disappeared from Marine Police pier on Tuesday night (June 11), a surveillance camera clip has emerged showing a lot of people and vehicles moving in and out of this jetty before they vanished, Amarin TV said late today (June 13). This followed Pol. […]
Read More3 missing oil-smuggling boats heading for Trat then neighbouring waters
CHONBURI police said that three seized oil-smuggling boats that went missing from Sattahip bay on Tuesday night (June 11) are believed to be heading for Trat coastal province, which is next to Cambodia, and then sail to neighbouring waters, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said late last night. Pol. Lt. Col. Santichon Hume, […]
Read MoreMyanmar launches couple of newly-built offshore patrol boats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MYANMAR NAVY has recently put a couple of newly-built offshore patrol boats in commission, adding to a fleet of the western neighboring country’s naval forces, a navy source said today (Dec.27). The commissioning ceremony for the Super Dvora offshore patrol boats, manufactured under license from Israel at Thanlyin naval dockyard, […]
Read MoreSmall boats, jet skis warned to not leave Pattaya shore
A RED FLAG was raised at Pattaya City’s Maritime Disaster Prevention Office today (Dec. 25) to prohibit small fishing boats, speedboats, jet skis and parasailing boats from leaving the shore as strong winds pose a danger to putting out to sea, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Dec. 25). While large fishing boats could […]
Read MoreNavy denies 100 VN fishing boats have seized part of Gulf of Thailand
THE THAI Navy this evening (Nov. 14) denied that a hundred Vietnamese fishing boats have seized a part of the Gulf of Thailand as reported by some media outlets, Amarin TV said. RAdm. Wirudom Muangjeen, the navy’s spokesman, debunked news that this large number of Vietnamese fishing boats had moved into Nakhon Si Thammarat […]
Read More12 fishing boats capsize amid strong winds, high waves
THE SOUTHERN region is being hit by strong winds and high waves with 12 fishing boats having capsized in Nakhon Si Thammarat this morning (Apr. 16) and many fishermen missing while a ferry in Surat Thani sank halfway at noon, TV Channel 7 said. The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department received a report that […]
Read MoreTour boats moored at Samut Prakan pier catch fire
THREE TOUR boats moored for servicing at a pier in Samut Prakan province were destroyed in a fire that erupted from a faulty electric battery fitted on one of them while one other is partially damaged, TV Channel 7 and FM91 Radio said today (Feb. 21). There were no injuries in the fire that […]
Read MoreKrabi checking modified long-tail boats after 3 capsizes in 2 months
AROUND 70-80 modified long-tail boats have been called in for inspection by the Marine Department’s office in Krabi after three of them capsized in two months killing two foreign tourists with many others injured, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 16). Mr. Mana Nuanwan, director of this office, said the owners of these long-tail boats […]
Read MoreMyanmar troops fire at Thai cargo boat in Mae Hong Son
MYANMAR soldiers fired two shots at a Thai cargo boat as it was sailing back to Sop Moei district in Mae Hong Son province after delivering goods at Mae Sariang district, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 10). Myanmar snipers’ bullets pierced the hull of the boat with the shooting occurring despite an […]
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