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
TS Lines from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok and Laem Chabang
The SVT service, started in December 2025, calls at Cat Lai and then at Bangkok Port and Laem Chabang, a useful option for sites in Bangkok and the central plains.
Cat Lai → BKK · LCBdirect calls on the SVT service
Dec 2025first SVT sailing
14 daysround-trip rotation
2Thai ports: Bangkok and Laem Chabang
About the line
A South China – Vietnam – Thailand loop with a Bangkok call
TS Lines is a container line based in Taipei, Taiwan. Its SVT service started in December 2025 on a 14-day rotation from South China to Ho Chi Minh City (Cat Lai), then Bangkok Port (PAT) and Laem Chabang.
The Bangkok call matters for steel bound for Bangkok, Samut Prakan and the central plains: containers can be discharged at the river port close to the site. TS Lines did not publish transit days for these legs in its announcement; on other lines Ho Chi Minh City → Bangkok takes about 2–4 days.
We name the line, vessel and sailing in your quotation.
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
TS Lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SVT | Nansha › Shekou › Ho Chi Minh City (Cat Lai) › Bangkok (PAT) › Laem Chabang › Nansha | Direct calls Ho Chi Minh City → Bangkok → Laem Chabang; transit not published | India Seatrade News, Nov 2025 |
- Vietnamese port
- Thai port
Source: TS Lines SVT announcement as reported by India Seatrade News (November 2025). We confirm the actual sailing and transit 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.
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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.
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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
Why ship to Bangkok Port instead of Laem Chabang?
For sites in Bangkok, Samut Prakan and the central plains, Bangkok Port is closer, so the truck leg is shorter. Bangkok Port has draft and vessel-size limits, which is why fewer services call there.
How long from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok with TS Lines?
TS Lines has not published the transit for this leg. Lines with published schedules take about 2–4 days on the same leg; we confirm the actual sailing in the quotation.
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.