Laem Chabang Port

General Information

The geographical location of Thailand is bonded with neighboring countries such as Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Malaysia and also has the access to China and Vietnam. It acts as a gateway to South East Asia region. It has an advantage of its large hinterland, therefore, the port has high capacity to develop to be a gateway port by inviting those neighboring countries to be its hinterland.

Laem Chabang Port has the modern state-of-art infrastructure and hi-technology facilities to support all services. It is capable to handle largest vessels (Post Panamax). It has sufficient supporting areas for docking operations and related activities. Moreover, the port is nerved by network of highways, railways, and waterways; connecting both the country regions and neighboring countries.

Furthermore, Laem Chabang Port has sufficient areas to extend related business such truck terminals, distribution centre, free trade area, etc. and also to include other crucial facilities such as hazardous bulks warehouse and fire damage prevention centre. These facilities are approved for international standard to be ready to provide all services.

Laem Chabang Port has a professional administration and flexible management to service customers. It is due to the port operational functions are given priorities to private sectors to sub-contract; granting most benefits to the customers from competitive private port operators.

Laem Chabang Port is promoted by the Government to be the country’s main port replacing the Bangkok Port which was limited the freight containers not to exceed 1.0 million TEU since 1996.