The Songkhla Deep-Sea Port can simultaneously accommodate 3 ships of 173 m in overall
length. The port is equipped with modern equipment and staffed with personnel who are fully
conversant with inter-modal container traffic systems. The port total area is 115,000 sq m,
suitable for the working of large ocean-going cargo vessels. Access to the port is via an asphaltpaved
concrete causeway from either Highway 408 from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province or
Highway 407 from Hat Yai crossing over the Tinasulanonda Bridge. Access of vessels is by way
of a 120 m wide channel dredged to a depth of 9 m and with a length of 4 km. There is a 300 m
turning circle at the western end of the quay. The container yard, however, is now stacked up to
5 containers high due to limited space. A feasibility study which is expected to be completed by
September 2007 has been conducted on a second port, designated as Songkhla Port (Phase II). A
detailed design and environmental study will be conducted, after the feasibility study’s
completion.