59 container vessels scheduled to enter Yangon Port in Dec
A total of 59 container vessels are
slated to call at the Yangon Port in December 2025, the Myanma Authority
announced.
Ten container vessels run by Cosco
Shipping Line, seven each by CMA CGM Line and SITC Shipping Line, six each by
Ti2 Container Line and ONE Line, five each by MSC Line and Maersk A/S Line and
four by Samudera Shipping Line, three each by RCL Line and BLPL Shipping Line
and two by Evergreen Line, and one by Land and Sea are scheduled to dock at the
Yangon Port in December.
Myanma Port Authority has arranged
maritime trade channels to handle increasing imports to meet domestic demand,
to bolster exports, and to improve port capacity for significant arrivals of
ships. Myanma Port Authority notified that it will inform exporters and
importers of ship arrival schedules promptly upon an extended schedule.
A total of 62 container vessels in
January 2025, 53 in February, 58 in March, 62 in April, 65 in May, 62 in June
and 60 in July arrived at Yangon Port. Sixty containers in August, 59 in
September, 68 in October and 60 in November entered the Port.
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 was found, the draft extension
work was accelerated. Afterwards, the port can now handle larger ships. The
container vessel MV SITC Zhaoming (185.99-metre LOA, 35.25-metre 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 has 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
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