The center of manufacturing for CUEL is located at the deep-sea port of Laem Chabang, 130 km south east of Bangkok on the eastern seaboard of the Gulf of Thailand, where CUEL operates the largest and most modern offshore fabrication facility in Thailand. CUEL’s 689,000 m2 construction facility is located within the boundaries of Unithai Shipyard and Engineering’s 818,000 m2 ship repair facility. The facility has direct waterfront access to the Gulf of Thailand and is linked by excellent transport services, being adjacent to the Laem Chabang deep-water port, modern road and rail links.
The CUEL facility is fully self-contained with a production capacity of over 60,000 tonnes per annum, able to load out integrated components of up to 6,000 tonnes each.
Dedicated workshops are equipped with overhead cranes, computer-controlled plasma cutting equipment, plate profile cutting machine, manual plate cutter, section cutting machines, rolls, hydraulic presses, drills, guillotines and a wide range of manual, semi-automatic and automatic welding equipment. An automatic blasting plant is in place, allowing material to be blasted then primed prior to fabrication. Final painting is carried out in-situ.
The company currently has approximately 2,000 skilled employees supported by a strong management and administration team. CUEL maintains an in-house welder training and qualification program, which allows it to maintain and operate to the highest international standards and codes of practice.
Management is provided by a combination of Thai nationals and foreign specialists, special emphasis is directed to transfer of knowledge and technology through internal mentoring program.