The government plans to set up a national shipping line company to promote Thailand as a regional logistics hub for maritime trade. Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Sunday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha instructed state agencies to study the possibility and cost-effectiveness of setting a shipping line company. The project would be in line with the Southern Land Bridge project that will enable cargo transport between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea. A working panel preparing for the setting up of the company, led by Deputy Transport Minister Atirat Ratan…

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