TSIC Activity

50221

Inland freight water transport

การขนส่งทางน้ำภายในประเทศ

What this activity covers

Companies in this sector provide inland water transport services for various goods and materials.

  • Refrigerated transport — Transport of refrigerated or frozen goods
  • Crude oil transport — Transport of crude oil, liquids or gases
  • Containerised goods transport — Transport of containerised goods
  • Bulk dry goods transport — Transport of dry goods in bulk, like grains and cement
  • General freight services — Shipping services for all types of goods

What companies here also do

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

  • Dredging services — Providing dredging services alongside transport
  • Towing services — Providing towing services by water
  • Multi-modal transport — Transport services using multiple modes
  • Ferry services — Boat and ferry services for vehicles and people

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.

187
active companies operate here
฿8.8Bregistered capital, combined
฿16.7B
Sector revenue · 2025
-2% since 2023
฿3.0B
Net profit · 2025
97 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
0%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿0 foreign฿6.5M Thai

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

1 of the 5 largest companies here are foreign-owned Thailand subsidiaries.

New in 2026

4+33.3%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿8.8B-7.4%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

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

  1. 1SC Management Co., Ltd.฿4.0B
  2. 2Prima Marine Public Company Limited฿2.7B
  3. 3S.P. Inter Marine Co., Ltd.฿1.4B
  4. 4Big C Co., Ltd.฿767.2M
  5. 5OCL Logistics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.intl฿730.9M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Prima Marine Public Company LimitedBangkok฿2.2B
  2. 2SC Management Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿1.1B
  3. 3Smooth C Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿580.0M

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.

13
Registered
since 2022
12
Still active
1
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 4 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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