Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime, via its subsea services unit, has established a joint venture company in Vietnam with local marine contractor Tan Cang Offshore. The Singapore-listed company said the new company, called Tan Cang Mermaid Subsea Services, will be involved in remotely operated vehicle...
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Salvage teams from the US and Royal Thai Navies have begun their recovery of portions of the wreckage of a Thai warship that sank along with at least 24 of its crew in late 2022. The salvage operation on the corvette HTMS Sukhothai is being carried out with US assistance as part of an investigation...
Ocean Marine Jomtien, a marina resort complex based in Thailand’s Chonburi province, has taken delivery of a new aluminium workboat from joint Thai- and Australian-owned shipbuilder SeaCat Ships. The 9.6-metre OM6 will be used on duties such as towing, firefighting, sewage pump-out, search and...
Canadian operator Valeura Energy has exercised its purchase option to acquire Nong Yao field’s , previously under lease from an Omni Offshore Terminals subsidiary. The purchase price for the vessel is $19m which will be funded with the company’s cash resources upon completion of the transaction,...
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Best Small Tourist Boat – Pearl of Siam – SeaCat Ships This simple but well-appointed aluminium catamaran tourist cruise boat is emblematic of the work of SeaCat Ships. Light, safe, economical, comfortable and seaworthy, it is also very attractive. It will operate around Koh Chang (Elephant...
News outlet Thai PBS reports that the Royal Thai Navy will allow US military officials to investigate the sinking of one of its vessels in an incident that left at least 24 people dead in late 2022. Navy commander-in-chief Admiral Adung Phan-iam confirmed that US officials have been permitted to...
Multiple broking reports note Thai liner Regional Container Lines (RCL) has gone to southern China to order a quartet of 4,400 teu vessels at Guangzhou Wenchong. The pricing is $56.6m per vessel with deliveries slated for 2027. Founded in 1979, RCL has been listed on the Thai Stock Exchange since...
One person was killed while seven others suffered varying degrees of injury after a speedboat crashed into rocks in the waters of Phuket province in Thailand, on Sunday, December 31. The incident occurred at around 15:00 local time on Sunday while the speedboat Apirak 89 was ferrying a group of...
The captain of a tour boat operating in the waters off Koh Larn island in eastern Thailand has been charged with recklessness in connection with a vessel capsizing incident that occurred late last week. The 56-year-old suspect was at the helm of the catamaran tour boat Sea Beach as it was ferrying...
Two people have gone missing after a dive tour boat capsized and sank in the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand on Friday, December 22. The vessel identified as Reggae Queen was underway with 18 passengers and crew when strong winds caused it to overturn just off the Surin Islands National Park near...