Bangkok Dock Company

Bangkok Dock Company Ltd
Native name
บริษัท อู่กรุงเทพ จำกัด
limited company
Industry shipbuilding and defense
Predecessor Bangkok Dock Co.
Founded 1957 (1957)
Founder John Bush
Headquarters Sathon District, Bangkok, Thailand
Number of locations
2 (2012)
Area served
Thailand
Products Naval ships; Patrol boats; Landing crafts; Tankers; Ferries
Services Ship building
Ship repair
13,266,419.67 baht (2010)
Owner Ministry of Finance (99.999%)
Executive Committee (0.001%)
Website www.bangkokdock.co.th

The Bangkok Dock Company (1957) Limited (Thai: บริษัทอู่กรุงเทพ จำกัด) is a Thai shipbuilding company. It operates as a state enterprise under the oversight of the Royal Thai Navy. Originally founded in 1865 as the Bangkok Dock Co by Captain John Bush, the harbour master of Bangkok, it was acquired by the Royal Thai Navy in 1957. The company now has two facilities: the original Bangkok dockyard on Charoen Krung Road next to Wat Yan Nawa, and a newer main facility operating at the Mahidol Adulyadej Naval Dockyard at Sattahip in Chonburi Province.[1]

The Bangkok Dock Company dockyard on Charoen Krung Road

References

  1. "ประวัติความเป็นมา" [History]. Bangkok Dock Company (1957) website (in Thai). Bangkok Dock Company (1957). Retrieved 15 December 2015.


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