Bangkok Port is to be relocated. Srettha Thavisin, Thailand’s prime minister, has vowed to regenerate the world alongside the Chao Phraya River in Klong Toey district the place the port is at present based mostly. He additionally mentioned the choice to relocate the port would profit native residents from a drop in air pollution, each from ships and the numerous vehicles heading out and in of the port.
The Ministry of Transport and the Port Authority of Thailand will now work on a relocation examine.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), town’s native authorities, has acknowledged earlier than that it favours shifting the port to Laem Chabang, Thailand’s primary port.
Building of Bangkok Port and dredging of the Chao Phraya River began in 1938. Building was interrupted as a consequence of World Warfare II in 1940. The primary section of the port was accomplished in 1947. The port, with a most draft of 8.2 m, grew quickly by way of to the Nineteen Nineties, when Laem Chabang was constructed as a deepwater gateway different.