Srettha pitches land bridge project in US

November 14, 2023

PM, in San Francisco for Apec forum, stresses shorter shipping times and safety

The government is proposing to upgrade the port in Ranong on the Andaman Sea to handle up to 19.4 million containers a year as part of its southern land bridge project. (File Photo)

SAN FRANCISCO – Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is pitching the government’s trillion-baht southern land bridge project to US investors as a way to significantly cut shipping times between the Indian and Pacific oceans by bypassing the Malacca Strait.

Mr Srettha told investors in San Francisco on Monday that the…