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Ko Samui, Phangan, Tao ferries suspended amid storms
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 18/12/2022
» SURAT THANI: All types of boats in this southern province have been told to stay ashore, while ferry services on all four routes in the Gulf of Thailand have been suspended due to bad weather, the provincial governor said.
Dugong carcass found on beach
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/12/2022
» SURAT THANI: The carcass of a dugong, a rare marine mammal called payoon in Thai, was found on a beach in Chaiya district of this southern coastal province on Sunday.
Old, abandoned ship sinks while being towed ashore
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 09/01/2022
» SURAT THANI: An old vessel of unknown origin found drifting near an oil platform in the Gulf of Thailand sank while being towed ashore for examination on Saturday night, according to Rear Admiral Surasak Pratanworapanya, deputy director of the Area 2 Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC).
Cargo ship runs aground off Surat Thani
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 25/10/2020
» SURAT THANI: A cargo ship loaded with rubber tree wood in containers ran aground in the sea off Chaiya district of this southern province on Saturday night. All ten crewmen on board were rescued.
80 illegal fish traps seized in Surat Thani
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 11/07/2020
» SURAT THANI: Authorities have seized 80 illegal fish traps in Bandon Bay in this southern province. Nobody showed up to claim ownership of what officials have classified as destructive fishing gear.
One drowns, one missing while collecting shellfish in South
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 08/07/2020
» SURAT THANI: A woman was washed out to sea and drowned, and her daughter-in-law was missing, while collecting molluscs at a beach in Chaiya district on Tuesday, police said.
Fishing boat crewman missing off Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/12/2019
» SURAT THANI: A search involving ships and aircraft of the 2nd Naval Area has been launched for a fishing boat crew member who plunged into the sea off the district island of Samui and went missing late on Saturday night, according to a local media report.
Body of unidentified man found on Ko Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 15/09/2019
» SURAT THANI: The body of an unidentified man was found floating in the sea off Bang Po beach on Ko Samui island on Sunday afternoon.
Vets say illness probably killed Bryde's whale
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/06/2019
» SURAT THANI: A 10-tonne male Bryde’s whale found dead off the coast of Chumphon was believed to have died from illness, veterinarians say.
Navy draftee rescued from sea after suicide bid
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/01/2018
» SURAT THANI: A navy draftee who jumped off a ferry in a suicide bid was rescued by the crew of a fishing boat late on Saturday night - after four hours drifting in the sea off Don Sak district.