Agriculture Products News

S.P. Inter Marine Expands Cargo Handling

a well constructed presence at Ayutthaya, about 80 kmup the Chao Phrya River from the Gulf of Thailand; it continues to expand its warehousing capacities for Thai agricultural cargos like tapioca. Its barge loading facility can handle a wide range of products from domestic aggregate to export agriculture products. In addition to typical river barges, its fleet includes some larger 60 by 16-m barges with 3,000-ton capacities. These are typically towed by steel tugs with 600-hp Cummins KTA-19 engines. The barges and tugs are of sufficient size and power to move barges down river to waiting ships in the