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The Hidden Problem Of The Government Policy On Promoting The Inland Shipping In Thailand

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  • Supoj Chawawiwat

    (Thammasat Business School, Thailand)

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In Thailand, the road transportation accounted for 80.86% of total energy use in domestic transportation. The least energy use is 0.01% allocated to air transportation. The energy consumption in water transportation is 17.23% by splitting into 8.70% from coastal transportation and 8.53% from inland water transportation. According to statistic, the road transportation has overwhelmingly exceeded the other transportation even compared to rail and water transportation. It also has caused air pollution as well as produced serious impacts on the environment. Also, it caused the problems of life and asset lost, road accidents, and added an extra financial burden to increase road maintenance. Therefore, it is important to continuously push forward the transportation development by focusing to change road transportation to others modes of transportation which have lowered cost per unit and are more efficient in energy consumption. This is an urgent issue and also consistent to the government policy and logistic development plan of Thailand. However, in the process of enhancing efficiency in coastal transportation, not only requiring the development of ports but also the infrastructure system and hinterland, which must reach the level of the expectation of the users, are necessary to be all considered. This article aims to show the analyzed results from the survey gathered from the inland shipping service providers and their customers in order to provide the guideline to the Thai Government on the sufficient level of the transportation infrastructure development to achieve their objectives on reducing the logistics cost and energy spending of the country.

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  • Supoj Chawawiwat, 2018. "The Hidden Problem Of The Government Policy On Promoting The Inland Shipping In Thailand," Eurasian Journal of Business and Management, Eurasian Publications, vol. 6(4), pages 27-34.
    • Handle: RePEc:ejn:ejbmjr:v:6:y:2018:i:4:p:27-34
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