TSIC Activity

50121

Sea and coastal freight water transport

ประกอบธุรกิจ ขนส่งและโลจิสติกส์ ระหว่างประเทศ และในประเทศ ทางทะเลและตามแนวชายฝั่งทะเล

What this activity covers

Companies in this sector transport goods by sea and coastal routes, including refrigerated and bulk items.

  • Sea freight transport — Transporting goods by sea
  • Coastal transport — Transporting goods along coastal areas
  • Refrigerated goods transport — Transporting frozen or chilled goods
  • Bulk goods transport — Transporting dry goods in bulk
  • Container transport — Transporting articles in containers
  • Inland waterway transport — Transporting liquids or gases via inland waterways

What companies here also do

Seen in real company registrations under this code — beyond the official definition, so licensing may differ.

  • Logistics services — Providing logistics and freight services
  • Shipping space booking — Booking shipping space for freight
  • Marine surveying — Conducting marine surveys related to freight

Foreign ownership

List 2: Restricted, Cabinet routeinherited from 50

Domestic transportation by land, water or air, including the domestic airline business

Domestic transportation only. International carriage falls outside this item, and sector laws impose their own foreign shareholding caps.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 2, Chapter 1 (2)Routes: Cabinet permission, US Treaty of Amity

Auto-mapped, verify against the Act. These TSIC mappings are indicative, not legal advice; the schedules of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 are the authority. See the full foreign ownership reference.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

The whole registered industry under this activity, every registration year, from the DBD DataWarehouse.

300
active companies operate here
฿24.2Bregistered capital, combined
฿30.5B
Sector revenue · 2025
+8% since 2023
฿5.2B
Net profit · 2025
146 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
14%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿2.0M foreign฿12.0M Thai

Based on few new registrations this year — read as a rough signal only.

New in 2026

7-22.2%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿24.2B+2.0%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

Latest filed-year revenue, not a multi-year total

  1. 1RCL Public Company Limited฿2.7B
  2. 2Siam Lucky Marine Co., Ltd.฿2.3B
  3. 3Notalin Co., Ltd.฿1.4B
  4. 4Truth Maritime Services Co., Ltd.฿1.4B
  5. 5Ama Marine Public Company Limited฿1.3B

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Truth Maritime Services Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿1.8B
  2. 2Truth Maritime Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿1.3B
  3. 3Majestic Shipping Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿1.2B

Source: Department of Business Development DataWarehouse. Financial figures are combined totals of companies that filed statements; revenue and profit shown for the latest three reporting years.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this activity since 2022, the period the registry snapshot covers, not the full historical register.

48
Registered
since 2022
46
Still active
2
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 16 in 20242026

Source: Department of Business Development (DBD) new-registration records, 2022 to present. Counts cover companies first registered in that window, reflect the latest snapshot load, and may lag the live register.

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