snoop1130 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Phoenix tour boat fails to sell as authorities run up huge storage costs By Tanyaluk Sakoot The Phoenix tour boat sank about 1.5 nautical miles off Koh Hei (Coral Island), south of Phuket on July 5, 2018. Photo: Supplied PHUKET:-- The Phoenix tour boat, which sank off Phuket in July last year killing 47 Chinese tourists, remains unsold after an auction in May drew no bids as the Anti-Money Laundering Office spends more than B100,000 a month to store it. Following the disaster on July 5, 2018, raids led to the discovery that the operators of the boat had laundered more than B1 billion. This, in turn, led to the seizure of assets which are being auctioned off by the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo). An official at the Amlo’s trade department said, “The Phoenix tour boat is still at the Rattanachai Shipyard. On May 22 it went up for auction with a starting price of B900,000 but failed to attract any interest. Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phoenix-tour-boat-fails-to-sell-as-authorities-run-up-huge-storage-costs-71718.php#bfyG8kRJqJ1urP7O.97 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-06-07 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Sell it on the basis it must be cut up for scrap to the highest bidder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 100,000 per month ! 55555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Should have just scrapped it to start with ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Wonder who gets the storage costs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseLost Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Only in Thailand. What sick mind looks at that and thinks "We can make money from that". Did they advertise it in China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Take it out to sea and wait, wont take long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 It's all according to plan, it will be given to someone for peanuts and then back to the sea she goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyT Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 "As new. One careful lady owner" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Put it on a barge, take it out to sea and dump it as an artificial reef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 They could make fancy wrist watches of the hull, like Jerome's Titanic watches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 we have a restaurant that looks like a big boat here in Hua Hin. maybe a new Chinese restaurant with a section for the ghosts to sit in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 11 hours ago, ParadiseLost said: Only in Thailand. What sick mind looks at that and thinks "We can make money from that". Did they advertise it in China? Nonsense, also Herald of Free Enterprise e.g. was sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 11 hours ago, Samuel Smith said: Wonder who gets the storage costs? The shipyard where it is stored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, stevenl said: Nonsense, also Herald of Free Enterprise e.g. was sold. Indeed (in September 1987), but she was almost immediately scrapped (March 1988). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 12 hours ago, johng said: 100,000 per month ! 55555 Wonder who owns the shipyard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pravda Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 You could make a Seastead, heh heheh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiandrew Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 It will never sell for anything other than scrap because of the ghosts of the dead. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mcseismic Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 1 hour ago, stevenl said: Nonsense, also Herald of Free Enterprise e.g. was sold. That's because westerners in general don't believe in ghosts........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 13 hours ago, ParadiseLost said: Only in Thailand. What sick mind looks at that and thinks "We can make money from that". Did they advertise it in China? Yea.. i mean its not like in the US where Boeing forgets warning lights out of greed hides it and countless lives are lost... I mean in other countries people are never greedy and companies never hide stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPKANKAN Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 13 hours ago, johng said: 100,000 per month ! 55555 Cold have stored it at my house for 10,000!!!555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 16 hours ago, johng said: 100,000 per month ! 55555 Probably on land owned by the mayor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Anti-Money Laundering Office spends more than B100,000 a month to store it. Some official on a good earner there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 18 hours ago, snoop1130 said: On May 22 it went up for auction with a starting price of B900,000 but failed to attract any interest. Looking at the photo I can offer an opinion why that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 16 hours ago, Matzzon said: 100 000 per month? Must be another chromosome problem. How can it cost 100K a month to store trash? Nobody, wants to buy it. If they let it stand on the ground in open air, it will cost nothing. probably scared of somebody stealing the shit nobody want to buy. They should be happy if somebody stole it. Problem solved. And who actually gets the 100,000Baht monthly storage fee? Was there any tender process to provide a storage site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 21 hours ago, Chazar said: Take it out to sea and wait, wont take long. Good idea ! Create an artificial Reef from the hulk. At least some good would come from this tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseLost Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 10 hours ago, robblok said: Yea.. i mean its not like in the US where Boeing forgets warning lights out of greed hides it and countless lives are lost... I mean in other countries people are never greedy and companies never hide stuff. Can't really try to sell a crashed aircraft, can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 6 hours ago, scorecard said: And who actually gets the 100,000Baht monthly storage fee? Was there any tender process to provide a storage site? There is only one shipyard big enough for a boat this size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Matzzon said: You got it wrong there. In Thailand it´s not called tender process. They call it cousin ans siblings process. Why do people sprout nonsense like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseLost Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 13 hours ago, stevenl said: Nonsense, also Herald of Free Enterprise e.g. was sold. Granted, but one was a huge 8,000 ton RORO ferry, while this was a small craft hardly worth the scrap value. Why did they even raise it? I stand by my statement - only in Thailand would they consider making money from such a sensitive disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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