On April 25, 2017, Vice Admiral Surasak Methayapha, Commander of the Area 1 Naval Regiment, together with Khun Wirat Boonbumrungchai, Senior Vice President – Quality, Safety, Occupational Health and Environment, PTT Global Chemical PCL, jointly participated in the opening ceremony of the safety drills for ships and international ports, according to the ISPS Code required of oil companies in Map Ta Phut area, including PTTGC, BLCP, GLOW, PTTLNG, PTTTANK, SCG, SPRC, TPT and TTT. The event was held at PTTGC Branch 6, Oil Refinery and the key topic featured the “ISPS Code Safety Drills for Ships and Ports in the 1^st Naval Regiment Area ‘NASMEX 2017’”, with the purpose of testing the navy’s tactics in protecting strategic areas, as well as exchanging knowledge and understanding regarding the coordination in commercial ship control, commercial port defense and building familiarity in allocating army troops in the 1st Naval Regiment’s responsible areas and encouraging public confidence in the ability to suppress and alleviate any marine emergency events by specialists.