BANGKOK — Authorities are still trying to move 30,000 liters of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) out of an overturned 18-wheel truck on Baromrajchonnee Road Friday morning. Police at Thammasala Police Station were notified about the incident at 6am Friday. The truck was found crashed into a road sign in the outbound lane of Baromrajchonnee Road, […]
PHANG NGA: Power in most of Phang Nga’s Muang district this morning was abruptly shut down after a petrol tanker smashed into an electrical pole and burst into flames just outside of Phang Nga Town. Muang Phang Nga Police were notified of the accident this morning at about 6.30am. Read more: thephuketnews.com
Armed pirates hijack Thai tanker off Malaysia’s east coast Thursday as tanker was en route from Singapore to Thailand; pumped out its cargo of oil. News source: MCOT
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 June 2014 (NNT) – An oil tanker that went missing on Saturday has already been recovered with all of its crew members safe. A Thai diesel oil tanker, MT Orapin 4, with 14 crew members en route from Singapore to Indonesia was hijacked by a group of pirates on May 31st. However, […]
Thai oil tanker with crew of 14 lost contact while heading to Indonesia, suspected seized by pirates. News source: MCOT
NAKHON RATCHASIMA – A tanker driver was found dead in his truck with his throat cut and some of his cargo of mixed fuels missing on a road in Pak Thong Chai district on Wednesday morning. The body of Rakchai Hadkham, 48, was found in the passenger seat. His throat had been slit open. Read […]
Not much was left of a welders truck transporting a tank of hydrogen which somehow caught fire on the main Pattaya Road A leaking valve on a Hydrogen welding tank was blamed for the inferno that engulfed the truck in which it was being transported, and nearly killed the driver on Tuesday. Read more: pattaya103.com […]
A truck carrying 4 tonnes of nitric acid overturned yesterday, spilling the chemical on to an expressway lane of Kanchanaphisek Road near Bang Bua Thong just north of Bangkok. Police sealed the area shortly after 9.30am and contained the spill by spraying water and fire-extinguisher foam. A motorcyclist who rode past the area reportedly inhaled […]
