The Thai Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) told the Phuket Express that a dugong was found dead near a pier at the Pu Island (Crab Island) in Koh Sri Boya over the past weekend. An autopsy was conducted on Monday (November 18th). 10th dugong found dead in the sea off Trang province She […]
CHONBURI (NNT) – The Royal Thai Navy and its partners have successfully released 69 units of artificial coral reefs on the seabed of Koh Samae San in Sattahip district of Chonburi province. Yellow-band disease outbreak detected in Sattahip coral reef The activity was part of the celebrations for HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s birthday on […]
Search teams from the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) started scouring all the islands in the Mu Ko Ang Thong National Marine Park, off Surat Thani Province, today (Wednesday), for the five missing crew, according to RTN Spokesman Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin. He said that the teams have completed the search of 33 islands in the Mo […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Thailand’s Marine Department launched measures on Phuket on Sunday to screen travelers arriving and departing by water, from July 1, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Deputy Transport Minister Athirath Rattanaseth said officials have been instructed to be stricter than usual in the performance of their duties, to ensure safety and gain […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Thailand’s Transport Ministry is considering a plan to set up a “National Maritime Navigation Line,” which would be created as an affiliate of the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT). Minister Saksayam Chidchob said the shipping line would boost infrastructure deployment for the government’s southern land bridge and Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) schemes […]
The Marine Department has ordered an immediate transfer of the chief officer of Phuket Marine Office and the setting up of a panel to consider disciplinary action against him for alleged dereliction of duty that led to the sinking of Phoenix drive boat off Phuket on July 5, resulting in the deaths of 47 Chinese […]
PHUKET: Tourists on Kata Beach were this afternoon (July 2) bemused and perhaps a little alarmed to see police and heavily armed Navy Marines in flak jackets trudging along the iconic white sands. With them was Karon Mayor Thawee Thongcham, who was politely asked by the police to speak with vendors and massage operations who […]
BANGKOK, March 16 – The Marine Department plans to impose harsher punishment against those found to have released oil into the sea in the wake of recent oil slick in Thailand’s renowned eastern seaside resort of Bang Saen. The Marine Department director-general Sorasak Saensombat made remarks following the several kilometres oil slick illegally released off […]
