182 container vessels dock at Yangon Port in Q1
A total of 182 container vessels arrived at the Yangon Port in the first quarter (from January to March) 2026, the Myanma Port Authority announced.
The Yangon Port witnessed arrivals of 59 container vessels in March, 60 in February and 63 in January 2026. This month, 53 vessels are slated to call at the Yangon Port.
The Yangon Port handled 728 container vessels in 2025, 633 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 TEUs) of Hong Kong-based SITC Shipping Line docked at the Asia World Port Terminal for the first time on 22 June, which is the largest ship that AWPT Port has handled. — NN/KK
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