58 container vessels to dock at Yangon Port in March: MPA

A total of 58 container vessels are slated to arrive in the Yan­gon Port in March 2025, the Myanma Port Authority an­nounced.

 

Thirteen container vessels run by SITC Shipping Line, nine by Cosco Shipping Line, five each by Samudera Ship­ping Line and Maersk A/S Line, four each by MSC Line and CMA CGM Line, three each by Ti2 Container Line, ONE Line, Ocean Salute Shipping Line, RCL Line and Evergreen Line, two by BLPL Shipping Line, and one by Land and Sea are scheduled to enter the Yangon Port next month.

 

Myanmar Port Authority has arranged maritime trade channels to handle increas­ing imports to meet domestic demand, bolster exports, and improve port capacity for sig­nificant arrivals in ships. My­anma Port Authority notified that it will inform exporters and importers of ship arrival schedules promptly upon ex­tended schedule. A total of 62 container vessels and 53 in Feb­ruary arrived at Yangon Port in January 2025.

 

Yangon Port handled 633 container vessels in 2024 and 629 in 2023. Thanks to the draft extension, the international ocean liners can access the inner port for now, according to the Myanma Port Authority’s statement on 22 June 2022.

 

After the new navigation channel (Kings Bank Chan­nel) accessing the inner Yan­gon River had been found, the draft extension work was ac­celerated. Afterwards, 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 TEU) of Hong-Kong based SITC Shipping Line docked at Asia World Port Ter­minal for the first time on 22 June, which is the largest ship that AWPT Port handled.

 

From May 2021, the arriv­al of the ships at terminals in Yangon has 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 meters, the larger ocean liners can en­ter the Thilawa Port. — NN/KK