The shipping platform

Location: Phuket is located on the W seaboard of Thailand on the Andaman Sea. The port stands in Makham Bay, which is on the E coast of Phuket Island, 4nm S of Phuket town. General overview: The port is operated by Chao Phraya Terminal International Co Ltd and comprises two berths for general cargo. Some cargo is loaded and unloaded by lighter at working anchorage in Tha Rua Phuket and up to 9nm NE. Lighters discharge at Thaisarco Pier in the port of Phuket or at the lighter wharf in KlongTha Chin. The general cargo and bulk berths are 60 m long and 12 m wide, with an average draught of 7.3 m at low tide. There are mooring buoys at each end of the wharf (about 183 m away). Tanker bertt is a mooring berth in Aokam which is composed of four buoys, 120 m long and 50 m wide, with draft of 8.53 m at mllw. Cruise ships to Phuket Island dock (anchor) at the following ports: - During high season (November through April) cruise ships anchor near Patong Bay - the island's main tourist / beach destination (where the Sunset Beach Resort is located) and passengers are tendered to shore (via the ship's tender boats). - During summer / rainy season (May through October) ships dock at Ao Makarm port (deep-water port with 1 pier) located approx 8 km (5 mi) from Phuket Town. When ships stay in Phuket overnight, they usually dock at Ao Makarm and tender their passengers to Patong and back. The tender boat ride between the cruise port and the beach resort is approx 1,5 km (1 mi). Passenger tendering to Patong Bay (Sunset Beach Resort) includes boat docking on a jetty across the Sunset Hotel. There are many taxis that offer sightseeing tours. Depending on whether (sea condition), passengers may be tendered to a different location. Kalim Beach (on the Patong's north end) can also be used as tender boat pier. Imports: General cargo and petroleum coke, equipment and tin. Exports: Rubber, latex and ilmenite ore. Traffic figures: Approx 420,000t general cargo 32,000TEU and 500,000 passengers handled annually. Load line zone: Tropical. Max size: LOA: 213 m, beam: 25 m, draught: 9.4 m. Breakbulk: LOA 210 m., draft 9.4 m. Containers: LOA 210 m., draft 9.4 m. Passengers: LOA 210 m., draft 9.4 m. Tankers: Depth 6.1 m. The largest vessel called at the port: -by draught: LOA 213.64 m., beam 28.6 m., draft 9.1 m; -by length: LOA: 348 m, draught: 8.4 m, deadweight: 63,500 t.