The port is located in an area adjacent to anindustrial estate just likie the ports in many industrial countries. The area behind Laem Chabang Port is an industrial estate which will benefit from the easy access to a transport system and enjoy less production cost which will make Thai exports more competitive on the world market.
Modern equipment and devices such as the cranes, radar, communication radios to control the traffic by the water: a computer system to assist in preparing the ship plans, storage of cargo and the collection of incomes, for example, will make it more convenient, fast and safe for customers in transporting their cargo.
Modern port management style Laem Chabang Port can be considered as putting into use the most modern port management system in the wonted as a result of the hiring of leading foreign experts as consultants. This is intended for achieving the goods set out by PAT which wanted Laem Chabang Port to have the ability to provide quick, convenient and efficient services.
With these components in place it is likely that Laem Chabang Port will continue to serve the national economic and social development interests in many follows:
1) Reduce the expense for transporting of goods
Large container carriers from all over the world that enter Thailand can come directly to Laem Chabang Port with on need for making any stop-over to unload certain cargo in deep-water port such as Singapore, Hong Kong or even Taiwan. In the past, it was estimated Thai every 1 TEU container (12 tons) that unloaded onto a feeder in Singapore in order to come to Thailand had to pay an operation fee of 10,00 baht just like the cargo exported to Japan, U.S. or Europe.
2) Promotion of Exports
Since technology is much in use to day, the volume of goods is much higher than before and also takes less time to achieve the feat. If the transport system fails to keep up with the development of technology. There will be a slow-down as far as production and exports are concerned. Having a deep-sea port, there-fore, can help facilitate the movements of imports and exports in a quick, convenient, safe, economical and on-time manner. These attributes will also increase Thailand's credibility in the eyes of foreign countries.
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The port is located in an area adjacent to anindustrial estate just likie the ports in many industrial countries. The area behind Laem Chabang Port is an industrial estate which will benefit from the easy access to a transport system and enjoy less production cost which will make Thai exports more competitive on the world market.
