Another ship sailing from Bangkok with very little ballast. A reason could be that at the berths upriver there is often an awful lot of stuff in the water, often huge amounts of water hyacinth, amongst other things. It also comes down this far in huge mats, as the river doesn't widen that much before reaching the sea. I wonder if they prefer to wait until open water to take on ballast to avoid clogging the pumps.
CHANG TAI is ( or was at the time ) owned by Big Good Shipping, Hong Kong ; 5,479 gt., built 1984 Fukuoka Zosen, Fukuoka #1108) as CRISTINA C, becoming, in 1987 QUEEN DENIS ; 1987 VELA II ; 1992 JULIE PACIFIC ; 1996 MAX ADRIENNE ; 1997 JETTA ; 2004 BETTY ; 2006 CHANG TAI, and is seen here on 22.5.2007. She arrived at Alang for breaking on 19.4.2012 and was beached on the 24th.