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| Protecting the Environment,
Developing the Economy, Welcoming to Service
Users |
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| Prachuap Port Co., Ltd.,
or PPC, is a subsidiary of SSI, established
at a cost of over 1.4 billion baht, or approximately
US$55 million, and supported by investment
privileges from the Board of Investment. PPC
is a private enterprise operating the deepest
seaport facilities in Thailand. Its two berths
serve mainly to unload raw materials and load
finished iron and steel products manufactured
in the district of Bang Saphan, Prachuap Khirikhan
Province, although it provides port services
and facilities for all sorts of other ocean-going
vessels. |
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| The
Main Berth |
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| The Main Berth began offering
service in February 1994. This berth is 30
metres wide, 450 metres long, has a dockside
MSL depth of 15 metres, and can dock two ships
of 100,000 DWT each. |
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| The
Second Berth |
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| The Second Berth began offering
service in April 1994. This berth is 25 metres
wide, 245 metres long, has a dockside MSL
depth of 8-11 metres, and can dock two ships
of 20,000 DWT each. |
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Unloading
and loading ocean-going cargo. |
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Transshipment
of cargo to and from ocean-going and
coastal vessels of all types. |
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Docking
services. |
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Storage
of various goods in temporary storage
facilities or bonded warehouses. |
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| Prachuap Port has installed
breakwater technology from France that employs
Accropode® concrete barriers to interrupt
incoming waves rather than natural stones. |
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