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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
High hopes for ‘land bridge’ project Govt says port will be as busy as Hong Kong The Transport Ministry said the proposed land bridge megaproject, which will connect Chumphon on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand to Ranong on the Andaman Sea, will become a major transit port, with a capacity rivalling Hong Kong. After a meeting on the Southern Economic Corridor project, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said the land bridge, which will allow maritime traffic to bypass the congested waters off Singapore, will be able to handle some 20 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of carg…