THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

50222

Towing and pushing services on inland waters

ประกอบกิจการให้บริการลากจูงหรือการดันเรือลำเลียงและสิ่งก่อสร้างลอยน้ำที่ดำเนินการทางน้ำ ภายในประเทศ

What this activity covers

Companies provide towing and pushing services for barges and floating structures in inland waterways.

  • Towing services — Transportation of goods by towing barges and floating structures
  • Pushing services — Pushing of barges and floating structures
  • Towing cranes — Towing services for cranes on floating pontoons
  • Towing dredgers — Towing services for dredgers
  • Towing unfinished vessels — Towing services for hulls and unfinished vessels

What companies here also do

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

  • Ship salvage — Engaging in ship salvage and demolition
  • International shipping agency — Acting as an agent for international shipping

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.

28
active companies operate here
฿307.0Mregistered capital, combined
฿377.6M
Sector revenue · 2025
+70% since 2023
฿44.5M
Net profit · 2025
13 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
0%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿0 foreign฿2.0M Thai

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

New in 2026

1-50.0%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿307.0M+1.0%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

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

  1. 1Vescon Tugboat and Marine Service Co., Ltd.฿149.3M
  2. 2Pathawi Terminal Co., Ltd.฿104.8M
  3. 3Siam Marine Crane Transport Co., Ltd.฿23.0M
  4. 4UMS Lighter Co., Ltd.฿22.4M
  5. 5STR Towing Co., Ltd.฿17.0M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1UMS Lighter Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿110.0M
  2. 2Vescon Tugboat and Marine Service Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿80.0M
  3. 3Pathawi Terminal Co., Ltd.Chon Buri฿42.0M

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.

8
Registered
since 2022
8
Still active
0
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 3 in 20222026

Largest active companies by registered capital

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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