Mai Khao considered as regional maritime hub
Mai Khao considered as regional maritime hub
PHUKET: Mai Khao has been ear-marked as a potentially ideal location to serve the maritime industry throughout the Andaman coastal provinces, a shipyard project leader expert stated yesterday (Mar 11).
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The area in the island’s north west was touted as one of three possible locations where a major shipyard could be developed to help boost tourism in the southern region during a meeting held at the Royal Phuket City hotel, presided over by Phuket Provincial Office Chief (Palad) Anuphap Rodkwan Yodrabum.
Present at the meeting were Asstistant Prof PhD Vichai Rungrennganun of the King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Pradit Suwalak, the President of Phuket Industry Promotion and Development Group under the Minister of Industry, and other relevant operators.