Thailand Logistics Development Strategies

The below table shows a connection between the strategies for state administration and the Ministry of Transport's strategies.

Strategies for State Administration

    Ministry of Transport's Strategies

- Poverty elimination.

-  Utilising transport sector as a tool to strengthen economic system, upgrading national transport as a transport hub of region as well as serving the dynamics of specific strategy.

- Empowerment of the qualified people and society.

-  Focusing on development of infrastructure, enhancing convenient and standard transport system as well as providing national stability.

- Balancing economic structure and enhancing the international competitiveness of the country.

- Maintaining quantity and standards of transport services as well as modernising public transport system in order to enhance safe and efficient public transport.

- Natural resources and environment 
management.

-  Focusing on development of transport system improving a better quality of life and environment protection.

- Foreign and international economic affairs.

-  Focusing on restructure of public administrative system based on good governance approach

- Upgrading law enforcement and promoting good governance.

 

- supporting democracy and social community process.

 

- State security.

 

- Serving global dynamics changes.

 

Transport Development Guidelines

The Ministry of Transport has set out Transport Development Guidelines 2005 – 2008  in response to the need and challenge of better transport system of the country as well as kick-start economy, trade, service and investment of the country to effectively achieve the government objectives by means of :-

  1. Arranging transport and traffic sector as a transport and traffic hub of the region to strengthen the country's economy.
  2. Developing transportation system to pursue specific strategy.
  3. Focusing on development of transport system to ensure safety and help reduce loss of life and people's properties.
  4. Raising awareness of standard of safe transport.
  5. Maintaining quantity and quality standard of public transport in order to attract people.
  6. Developing intermodal linkages of public transport system to help relieve traffic congestion led to a better quality of life.
  7. Increasing awareness of importance of transport system development affecting quality of life and environment.
  8. Focusing on good governance to encourage cost effectiveness of government investment and also to increase efficient utilization of transport infrastructure.
Developing a more efficient bureaucratic system and enhancing efficiency of the utmost utilization of government investment and public properties.

Objectives

  1. Development to strengthen the country's competitiveness
  2. Development to increase the efficiency of transport system as a whole
  3. Development to enhance good governance

The above mentioned 3 objectives are based on a balance between social dimension and trade dimension in order to achieve sustainable development.

Formulation of the Ministry of Transport's Strategies and Tactics
The Ministry of Transport's strategies have been formulated on the basic of the linkage between present transport and the government policy and plan for administration 2005 – 2008, including vision and mission of the Ministry of Transport.

 

A 4 - year - Action Plan of the Ministry of transport's comprises the following strategies and tactics:-

Ministry of Transport's strategies

-  Utilising transport sector as a tool to strengthen economic system, upgrading national transport as a transport hub of region as well as serving the dynamics of specific strategy.

-  Focusing on development of infrastructure, enhancing convenient and standard transport system as well as providing national stability.

- Maintaining quantity and standards of transport services as well as modernising public transport system in order to enhance safe and efficient public transport.

-  Focusing on development of transport system improving a better quality of life and environment protection.

-  Focusing on restructure of public administrative system based on good governance approach

Ministry of Transport's Tactics

1.  Developing transport potential in order to strengthen economics system, trade and services of the country.
2.  Standardizing infrastructure and transport system to ensure safety and national stability.
3.  Upgrading the flexibility of mobility and providing the opportunities for public transport accessibility.
4.  Developing and establishing transport potential for social and environment.
   5. Strengthening capability of good   governance.