Bidding to open in October for Nakhon Phanom shipment centre
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The Land Transport Department of the Transport Ministry will open bidding for a public-private partnership to develop a shipping centre in Nakhon Phanom worth Bt1.2 billion in October.
Bidding for a PPP development of the Chiang Khong Transshipment Cargo Centre in Chiang Rai province worth Bt2.4 billion will be opened in February next year.
The department plans to develop 19 transportation centres nationwide from this year through 2022, Somsak Hommong, deputy permanent secretary of the Transport Ministry, said on Monday.
The first phase of the project from 2016-21 entails 11 developments, in Chiang Khong and Muang districts of Chiang Rai, Nakhon Phanom, Tak, Nong Khai, Mukdahan, Sa Kaew, Trat, Kanchanaburi, Songkhla and Narathiwat.
Somsak said the second phase would see developments in eight provinces: Chiang Mai, Nakhon Sawan, Phitsanulok, Khon Kaen, Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachin Buri and Surat Thani.
