Abstract:
To investigate the impact of relocating shipyards along the Chao Phraya River to Leam Chabang Shipyard Industrial Estate. The paper is divided into 2 parts, the first part deals with an impact on constructing infrastructure of the shipyard and the second part deals with the attitude expressed by shipyard owners toward the Leam Chabang Shipyard Industrial Estate. Data collection was divided into 2 parts, first being secondary data from literatures, documents and studies. Second was a site survey, face-to-face interviews followed up by questionnaires of medium and large shipyards, capability to repair or build ships not less than 500 ton gross were undertaken. The Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and rating technique were used in the analysis of the data. The results revealed that having the Leam Chabang Shipyard Industrial Estate poses more positive than negative effects. Moreover, the environmental impact is more important than the quality of life and the transportation of raw materials respectively. In addition, the project is anticipated to relieve the environmental impact more than the quality of life and the transportation of raw materials respectively.