It should be there in 2020: a ferry between Hua Hin and Pattaya with a capacity of three to five hundred passengers and 30 to 60 cars or trucks. The rising time is then only 1,5 hours. It now takes five hours by road.
A consultancy company is currently conducting a feasibility study for this, which should be completed in December. The project, said Suriya Kopatta, head of Naval Office 3 in Prachuap Khiri Khan, will boost the economy, improve competitiveness and reduce heavy road traffic.
There will be one in front of the ferry transferium in total 30-rai land is large, it is 37 km from the city of Hua Hin.
Besides the ferry service, the government has other plans to boost the economy in the south: a deep-sea port in Prachuap Khiri Khan for cargo ships from Myanmar. Furthermore, two highways (Songkhla – Sadao and Kathu – Patong), the construction of berths for cruise ships in Krabi and Koh Samui, a second deep-sea port in Songkhla and a port in Satun (the Pak Bara port).
Phuket airport is being expanded, which should be completed this year. After that, the airports of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Hat Yai will be tackled. Furthermore, there are plans to construct double track lines from Prachuap Khiri Khan to Chumphon, Chumphon to Surat Thani, Surat Thani-Hat Yai to Songkhla and Thung Po (Surat Thani) to Thanun (Phangnga).
Source: Bangkok Post
'Driving time' = travel time
I thought a port has already been made in Khao Takiab for the fast boat to Pattaya?
That is the fishing port of Ton. It used to be almost impossible to navigate at low tide. Now with a pier and wall those problems should be solved.
However, it will never be big or deep enough for larger ships.
So that ferry has to sail more than 60 km/h?
And that with 30-60 cars/trucks on board?
I have yet to see that.
I'm no expert, but wouldn't it be better to build a kind of (partly floating?) closing dike to simultaneously tackle the problem of the water rising from the gulf to Bangkok? Water management plans often talk about building a kilometer-long dam in the gulf to regulate the water (and the salt-fresh content).
There used to be a boat that made the crossing. The project was quickly shelved.
The travel time is 1.30 hr and the driving time is approximately 20 min. 55555
This line is part of a somewhat larger network of catamaran flying boats. I believe they hope to break even at 3,3 million passengers a year. The previous, smaller-scale project never got off the ground due to a lack of passengers.
The recurring messages about this project disappear in the same folder with me as messages about batteries for telephones that are charged within five minutes and come on the market next year.
I think I read about this project that the price for a transfer ticket is expensive.
They do not charge per car, but per traveler. If, for example, there are 4 people, the price is x4.
And then there is possibly the "two price rate" system, ie full pot for the farang, half for Thais.