More than 100 Thai and foreign companies have shown interest in investing in the government’s ambitious land bridge project that would serve as a link between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the South of Thailand, the Transport Ministry said on Friday.

The Royal Thai Navy is working round the clock to ensure the slick caused by the sinking of an oil tanker does not reach the shores of Chumphon and Prachuap Khiri Khan, navy spokesman Vice Admiral Pokkhrong Monthatphalin said on Sunday.