DLT deputy director-general Kamol Buranapong said Samprasit Partnership recently won a bid to run a freight station worth 2.37 billion baht in Chiang Rai's Chiang Khong district. The Chiang Khong facility is the department's project which the government is pushing," he said. The Chiang Khong facility is expected to be fully operational in 2020. Management and maintenance costs of the Chiang Khong facility during a 30-year contract are estimated at two billion baht, or 66.6 million baht annually. Incomes throughout 30 years are estimated at 2.4 billion baht, or 80 million baht annually.

Source: Bangkok Post May 13, 2017 02:15 UTC