Yangon Port handles 460+ container vessels in 9 months

 

October 19

 

A total of 464 container vessels arrived at the Yangon Port in the past nine months (Jan-Sept) 2024, the Myanma Port Authority announced.

 

Myanma Port Authority stated that 49 vessels in January, 53 in February, 55 in March, 50 in April, 52 in May, 50 each in June, July and August and 55 in September called at Yangon Port. This month, 52 vessels are slated to enter the port in October.

 

Yangon Port handled 629 container vessels in 2023. According to the Myanma Port Authority’s statement on 22 June 2022, the international ocean liners can now access the inner port thanks to the draft extension.

 

After the new navigation channel (Kings Bank Channel) accessing the inner Yangon River was found, the draft extension work was accelerated. The port can now handle larger ships. The container vessel MV SITC Zhaoming (185.99 metres LOA, 35.25 metres Beam, 29,232 GRT and 2,698 TEUs) of Hong Kong-based SITC Shipping Line docked at Asia World Port Terminal for the first time on 22 June, the largest ship that AWPT Port handled.

 

Since May 2021, ship arrivals at terminals in Yangon have increased again. Three new container vessels by Maersk Line Myanmar (SeaLand Maersk) started to run to fulfil the seaborne trade requirements in 2021. Earlier, the larger ships had draft problems preventing sailing on the Yangon River. With the draft being extended up to 10 metres, the larger ocean liners can enter the Thilawa Port. — NN/KK