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B7.4-billion Pattaya cruise port promoted

First port of its kind in the country could accommodate two liners at a time, says Marine Department

The cruise ship Viking Orion docks at Laem Chabang port in Si Racha district of Chon Buri in November 2022. (Photo: Pongpat Wongyala)

The Marine Department will ask the new cabinet to approve its plan to build a 7.4-billion-baht port in Pattaya that will be able to accommodate two large-sized cruise liners.

If the plan is approved, construction at the proposed site near the Bali Hai pier would start in 2026 and finish in 2029, said Wanchai Butthongdi, director of the department’s engineering division.

Once completed, the port will be the first in Thailand that is designed specifically to serve large…

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