Map Ta Phut deep sea port PPP project third phase

project signed

The project involves the development of a deep-sea mega-port located near Pattaya, along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand. The project is a part of the planned Eastern Economic Corridor of Thailand.Map Ta Phut Industrial Port is located in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate area in the Map Ta Phut subdistrict of the Muang Rayong district of Rayong. It occupies an area of 160 hectares (396 acres, 1,000 rai) which comprises 88 hectares (217 acres, 550 rai) of the foreland, and 72 hectares (178 acres, 450 rai) of the hinterland, with a total quay length of 2,229 meters.Project objectives are to increase the capacity of natural gas and raw fluid material shipments for the petrochemical industry. Upon completion, the seaport will be able to accept 19 million additional tons of cargo (petrochemicals and natural gas) within 20 years.The project will be carried out in two parts. The first part involves land reclamation and phase one of LNG terminal with a capacity of 5 million tonnes a year. The second part involves the development of the seaport´s superstructure. It will serve LNG shipments of 4 million tonnes a year.