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The state-run Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) has reported total revenue of Bt15.613 billion in 2021, up almost Bt1 billion from 14.632 billion in 2020.

Marine Department officials toiled on Wednesday to salvage 51 containers at the site where two cargo ships crashed into each other on the Chao Phraya River in front of Samut Prakan’s city hall in Muang district on Tuesday afternoon.

The Panamanian-flagged and Japanese-owned ship Ever Given on Friday crossed the Suez Canal for the first time since it blocked the waterway for six days in March, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement.

The Thai National Shippers Council (TNSC) has revised upward its forecast for Thai exports in 2021, from 4-6 per cent growth to 6-7 per cent.

More than 23,000 empty containers have been returned to Thailand since February, enabling the export of 458,000 tonnes of products worth over THB35 billion, Thai Chamber of Commerce vice chairman Phot Aramwatthananont said on Wednesday.

Containers placed by police to block pro-democracy protesters from holding a rally at the Crown Property Bureau in Dusit district caused a traffic jam on Wednesday even though the political rally was shifted to Siam Commercial Bank headquarters in Chatuchak district.

The Trang Harbour Office said the operation to retrieve 16 containers that fell off a cargo ship in the sea off Trang province would resume on Monday.

IMPORTERS FAIL TO HIT COLLECTION DEADLINE AMID CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL HANDLING

Searches at container yards in Samut Prakan province, following the discovery of a cache of arms at a house once used by fugitive redshirt leader Wutthipong Kochthammakhun – alias Go Tee – have so far unearthed nothing illegal, authorities said.