Bangkok Dock Company

The Bangkok Dock Company (1957) Limited (Thai: บริษัทอู่กรุงเทพ จำกัด) is a Thai shipbuilding company. It operates as a state enterprise under the oversight of the Ministry of Defence. It was founded in 1865 as the Bangkok Dock Co by Captain John Bush, the harbour master of Bangkok, and was acquired by the Royal Thai Navy in 1957. The company now has two facilities: the original Bangkok dockyard on Charoen Krung Road next to Wat Yan Nawa, and a newer main facility operating at the Mahidol Adulyadej Naval Dockyard at Sattahip in Chonburi Province.[1]

The Bangkok Dock Company dockyard on Charoen Krung Road
Bangkok Dock Company Ltd
Native name
Thai: บริษัท อู่กรุงเทพ จำกัด
State owned enterprise
Industryshipbuilding and defense
PredecessorBangkok Dock Co.
Founded1957 (1957)
Headquarters,
Number of locations
2 (2012)
Area served
Thailand
ProductsNaval ships; Patrol boats; Landing crafts; Tankers; Ferries
ServicesShip building
Ship repair
13,266,419.67 baht (2010)
OwnerMinistry of Finance (99.999%)
Executive Committee (0.001%)
Websitewww.bangkokdock.co.th

References

  1. "ประวัติความเป็นมา" [History]. Bangkok Dock Company (1957) website (in Thai). Bangkok Dock Company (1957). Retrieved 15 December 2015.



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