| Author | Maung Chit |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-88-16 |
| Subject(s) | Kra Canal Project
Harbors
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| Note | A thesis summitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The proposed Kra Canal I ports complex will be one of the
biggest engineering projects in the world and would give benefits
to Thailand as well as to the world. It would be the biggest and
largest sea-level waterway for ports on one or both sides of the
Kra Isthmus from the Indian Ocean to th~ China Sea. This project
will take much time and cost even for a feasibility study. This
study is confined to the planning and appraisal of ports at both
ends of the canal , pointing out all essential facts and
information about planning and design of ports including the
facilities. It spells out the need for privatization of port
management, cargo handling and operation systems at modern ports
which need to be considered carefully when the feasibility study
is carried out in the future.
The transshipment activities at these ports will be of
special interest as many ports in southeast Asia developed at the
mouths of rivers are small by international port standards. The
substantial costs needed to raise their efficiency could be
greatly reduced and avoided if they could adapt transshipment
Kra from larger, faster cargo ships to smaller ships which are
suited to these ports.
Though there are too many un certainties and too many
imponderables that must be taken into account in making a
forecast at global level for predicting trade volume for the time
frame of forty years, yet the author h as tried to u se all the
available updated data collected from all possible source s and
within the time constraint for this research, has carried out
financial analysis of transshipment activities by postulating the
movement of transshipped cargo at Hong Kong and Singapore to be
handled more economically at Songkhla . The proposal for
facilities to be provided at Songkhla International Seaport and
estimation of cost of construction and revenues is based on the
Laem Chabang port project presently under construction. The cost -
benefit analysis is based on the assumption that there will be
escalation and three rates of 2, 4, and 6 percent have been
considered. The project appears to be very attractive given the
constraints and assumptions considered in this research. One of
the objective of this study is also to highlight the most useful
information that needs to be reviewed when detailed feasibility
study for this gigantic project will be carried 0 11t in the
future by any consulting firms and Government Organizations. |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chauhan, Roshan Lal ;Tang, John C.S.
|
| Examination Committee(s) | Awate, Prakash G.
|
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Deutcher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Government of Federal Republic of Germany |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1988 |
