page_title: Bangkok Port
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bangkok Port / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Royal Decree determining land boundaries that will be expropriated to build a Bangkok port. Initially, this included almost all of the Yan Nawa District and was part of Bang Kho Laem District. Buddhist Era 2478 (1935) ไทย: กายพระราชกถษฎีกากำหนดเขตต์ที่ดินที่จะเวนคืนอสังหาริมทรัพย์ เพื่อสร้างท่าเรือกรุงเทพ ฯ พุทธศกราช ๒๔๗๘. ในขั้นต้นนี้รวมถึงเกือบทั้งหมดของเขตเขตยานนาวา และเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของเขตบางเขาแหลม พุทธศกราช ๒๔๗๘
context_page_description: Bangkok Port, popularly known as Khlong Toei Port, is an international port on the Chao Phraya River in Khlong Toei District of the Thai capital city, Bangkok. It is operated by the Port Authority of Thailand. Until recently, Bangkok Port was one of the world's 100 busiest container ports. The port also offers a conventional quay for loading and unloading cargo.
context_section_description: After the Siamese revolution in 1932, instead of transferring cargo from ship to ship moored in the harbour bays of Ko Sichang and Bangkok, the government wanted to build a port. In 1934 they contacted the League of Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to advise on the construction of a modern harbour. There were two proposals for the location, the Khlong Toei District and Samut Prakan. Decision was made for the Khlong Toei District. A royal decree expropriated land for the construction of a port in Bangkok on 6 August 1935. Initially, this included almost all of the Yan Nawa District and was part of Bang Kho Laem District. Construction of the port and dredging of the Chao Phraya River started in 1938. Construction was interrupted due to World War II in 1940. At the end of the war, in 1945 the pier was only 1,500 m (4,920 ft) long and work on the construction of the port resumed with a loan from the World Bank. The first phase of the port was completed in 1947 and opened for the first time. Expanding of the port started, with also dredging of the navigator channels from the mouth of the Chao Phraya River in Samut Prakan Province to the Bangkok Port, a total distance of 66 km (41 mi).
caption: Map anno 1935
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