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Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Thailand interested in having an own merchant fleet according to the Dutch magazine Schip en Werf dated 22 November 1940

An item reported that Thailand was interested in acquiring an own merchant fleet. For this purpose were 3 ships bought in the USA which already arrived at Bangkok, Thailand. At Melbourne, Australia was a fourth ship bought now underway towards Bangkok. The ships head a cargo capacity of around 4.000 ton. The intention was to set up a cargo line Thailand-USA.