In the nation’s capital, Bangkok Port is another major cargo facility, handling 1.34 million TEUs per year. It has 18 berths for vessels 172 meters long with a maximum draft of 8.2 meters. Ranong Port, a main port of marine cargo shipment in the South along the Andaman coast,
links trade routes with member countries of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), or Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand. The multipurpose Ranong terminal can accommodate two cargo vessels of
less than 500 gross tons each at the same time. Cargo vessel capability is 12,000 dwt. Two other ocean-going ports around the country are in Phuket at the Andaman Sea and in Songkla on the Gulf of Thailand.