Issue 01
Members longer than a container
How we handle it
Flat-rack or open-top containers, or bolted splices designed so members fit standard 40 ft boxes when that is cheaper.
Shipping lines · Vietnam → Thailand
SM Line from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok and Laem Chabang
SM Line’s CPX service sails from Cat Lai to Bangkok and Laem Chabang, with the Thai terminals named in its schedule.
≈ 3 daysCat Lai → Bangkok, from the weekday schedule
3terminals named: Cat Lai, Unithai, LCIT
2Thai ports: Bangkok and Laem Chabang
CPXChina Pacific Express service
About the line
A Korean line with named terminals in Vietnam and Thailand
SM Line is a container line based in Seoul, Korea. Its CPX (China Pacific Express) service calls at Gwangyang, Busan and Shanghai, then Ho Chi Minh City (Cat Lai terminal), Bangkok (Unithai terminal) and Laem Chabang (LCIT terminal).
The published weekday schedule has the vessel leaving Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday and reaching Bangkok on Sunday, about 3 days. The line’s own transit table shows other figures, so we treat 3 days as indicative and confirm the sailing in your quotation.
The Bangkok call suits sites in Bangkok and the central plains; Laem Chabang serves the Eastern Seaboard estates.
Indicative transit times
From Vietnamese ports to Thai ports
- VNHo Chi Minh City (Cat Lai)1–2 daysindicativeTHLaem Chabang Port
- VNHo Chi Minh City (Cat Lai)2–4 daysindicativeTHBangkok Port (Khlong Toei)
Vietnam → Thailand services
SM Line services calling at Vietnam and Thailand
As published by the line. Transit times are indicative; the actual vessel, sailing and transit time are confirmed in every quotation.
| Service | Rotation (port order) | Vietnam → Thailand | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPX | Gwangyang › Busan › Shanghai › Ho Chi Minh City (Cat Lai) › Bangkok (Unithai) › Laem Chabang (LCIT) | Ho Chi Minh City (Thu) → Bangkok (Sun): about 3 days | SM Line service page |
- Vietnamese port
- Thai port
Source: SM Line CPX service page (rotation, terminals and weekdays). The days are computed from the weekdays and are indicative; we confirm the actual sailing in your quotation.
Thai ports called
Destination ports in Thailand
See the industrial estates around each port and how we deliver your steel structure to site.
CIF
Bangkok · Chao Phraya River
Bangkok Port (Khlong Toei)
The river port in central Bangkok – our CIF port for Bangkok and Samut Prakan sites in standard containers.
Explore the port
CIF
Chonburi · Gulf of Thailand
Laem Chabang Port
Thailand’s main deep-sea container port in Chonburi, gateway to the EEC estates – our default CIF port.
Explore the portFrom our factory to your site
How your steel structure travels
The sea leg is one part of the trip. We plan the whole route from our factory to your plot.
- 1
Fabricated and inspected
Made in our own factory in Tay Ninh, every piece checked against the ITP before packing.
- 2
Packed by erection zone
Bundled and tagged in erection sequence; long members go in flat-rack or open-top containers.
- 3
The sailing that fits your programme
We pick a direct service that matches your foundation schedule and name the vessel and sailing date in the quotation.
- 4
Documents before arrival
B/L, packing list, invoice and Form D (ATIGA) reach your customs broker before the vessel berths.
- 5
Delivered to site
CIF to the Thai port, or DDP with clearance, duty and trucking to your site.
Steel structure by sea
What we settle when shipping structural steel
Issue 02
Free time at the port
How we handle it
Shipments go out by erection zone, timed to your foundations, so containers leave the terminal straight away.
Issue 03
Duty preference and documents
How we handle it
Every shipment carries a Form D for the ATIGA tariff, with invoice, packing list and HS codes that match line by line.
Issue 04
Salt air near the coast
How we handle it
Sites close to the sea get a paint system for a higher corrosion category, from our paint systems range.
Related topics
More on delivery to Thailand
FAQ
Questions Thai clients ask us
How long from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok with SM Line?
About 3 days, based on the weekdays in the CPX schedule. We confirm the actual sailing in the quotation.
Which Thai terminals does SM Line use?
Unithai in Bangkok and LCIT in Laem Chabang, as named in the CPX schedule.
Do you choose the shipping line, or can we?
Under CIF we book the line and sailing that best fits your programme. If you prefer a specific line, tell us and we quote on that line.
Other lines
Other shipping lines between Vietnam and Thailand
Line names are trademarks of their owners. World Steel is not an agent of any shipping line. Data from published schedules and subject to change.
Planning to ship a steel building to Thailand?
Send us your site location and building size. We reply with a concept design, a CIF price to the nearest Thai port and a sailing that fits your programme.