TSIC Division

50

Water transport

Definition

Water transport encompasses activities related to the movement of goods and passengers via sea, coastal, and inland waterways. This includes shipping by cargo vessels, ferries, and barges, as well as the operation of ports and terminals that facilitate these transport services.

Foreign ownership

List 2: Restricted, Cabinet route

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.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this code since 2022, summed across every 5-digit activity beneath it. Not the full historical register.

192
Registered
since 2022
180
Still active
12
Dissolved

New registrations per year, all sub-codes combined

2022peak 57 in 20232026

Source: DBD new-registration records, 2022 to present.

Groups under 50

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