LICENCE TO CLEAN
Phang Nga bay is a major marine attraction in Phuket with its landmark renamed “The James Bond island” since it featured in one of the 007 movies.
Phang Nga bay is a major marine attraction in Phuket with its landmark renamed “The James Bond island” since it featured in one of the 007 movies.
Every visitor to Phuket goes at least once to Phang Nga Bay during their holiday. Every day, around 10 000 people are shipped and as many as 200 boats cruise across the bay creating various pollution amongst which plastic and other non-organic waste.
LTC-001 – 007
Designed and built by Caude Petit and Peter Jacops
Claude is a marine designer from Luxembourg based in Phuket. He designs boats for shipyards in Thailand and Indonesia. Peter is an accredited CE inspector and expert in ISO regulations for boats. Long time Phuket Resident and founder of Disabled Sailing Thailand.
Licence To Clean 001 to 007
The LTC project is to have 7 eco-friendly costal cleaner catamarans around Phuket to collect all floating trash. 6 of them cruising and cleaning the most popular beaches of Phuket and the last one a larger version “007” in Phang Nga bay.
All the collected trash will be separated on the boat by types of waste and at the end of the day, the sorted trash will be sent to recycling plant with the help/support of the local communities, Or Bor Tor and junk shops. They will be the first boats of their kind in Phuket to clean the water front where all the tourists are. In addition to the great mission of preventing marine life feeding on the floating plastic, it will be a fantastic PR opportunity for Phuket and its Tourism industry.
The boat is made from high density polyethylene thermoplastic or HDPE. HDPE is this white plastic that milk bottles are made from! It is 100% recyclable and a plastic that is very often collected during beach clean up. HDPE is extremely strong and more and more boats are made out of it.
We’re fortunate to have all our boats covered with insurance, which is provided by Lambert Brothers Insurance Broker.
LTC 001
Sponsored by Intercontinental Phuket Resort
LTC 002
Sponsored by Blue Tree Phuket
LTC 003
Sponsored by Royal Phuket Marina
LTC 004
Sponsored by AXA Thailand General Insurance
LTC 005
Sponsored by AXA Thailand General Indurance
LTC in Action – The Nation Thailand feature article on Saturday March 23, 2023
LTC in Action
Updates
Bluetree Phuket’s LTC002 continues to help keep Rassada Pier clean
A huge thank you to Blue Tree Phuket for sponsoring LTC-002, one of our 100% recyclable plastic coastal cleaner catamarans, which operates in and around Rassada Pier and Asia Marina on Phuket's Eastern coast. Your support helps us collect an average of 600 liters...
Bangkok Governer, Mr Chadchart Sittipunt and French Ambassador to Thailand aboard LTC004
OFA is delighted to have welcomed the Governor of Bangkok, Mr. Chadchart Sittipunt, and the French Ambassador in Thailand, Mr. Jean-Claude Poimbœuf, as they paid a visit to our coastal cleaner catamaran as part of our LicenCe to Clean Initiative. Our catamaran,...
Proud Group Continues support for LTC-001 operations
A huge thank you to our dedicated sponsors, InterContinental Phuket Resort and Andamanda Phuket from Proud Group, for their invaluable support. Thanks to them, our LTC001 coastal cleaner catamaran, one of the 5 boats from our Licence To Clean initiative, is out...
Facts & Numbers
Phang Nga bay is a major marine attraction in Phuket with its landmark renamed “The James Bond island” since it featured in one of the 007 movies. Every visitor to Phuket goes at least once to Phang Nga Bay during their holiday. Every day, around 10 000 people are shipped and as many as 200 boats cruise across the bay creating various pollution amongst which plastic and other non-organic waste.
PHANG NGA bay is characterized by its limestone cliffs and rock formations. Its many wonders include caves and lagoons and it’s dotted with coral reefs. It shelters at least 28 species of mangrove, seagrass beds and corals (see mermaid garden and coral farm). It was declared of international ecological significance in 2002 (Ramsar convention) and is part of Thailands Marine National Park (since 1981). It is also the home of mangrove forest and a breeding area of marine animals.
However, due to water pollution and unsustainable practices, wildlife and underwater plants are declining, affecting food chain, photosynthesis and coastal protection.