57 container vessels slated to call at Yangon Port in May

A bird’s-eye view of a container yard with containers from shipping lines at Yangon Port along the Yangon River.

A total of 57 container vessels are scheduled to enter the Yangon Port in May 2026, the Myanma Port Authority announced.

Eight container vessels, each run by Cosco Shipping Line and M/S SITC Shipping Line, six each by M/S Maersk A/S Line and M/S ONE Line, five each by M/S MSC Line, M/S CMA CGM Line and M/S Sumudera Shipping Line, three each by M/S RCLL Line, M/S BLPL Shipping Line, M/S Evergreen ASIA Line and M/S Ti2 Container Line and two by M/S Land And Sea, are scheduled to dock at the Yangon Port in May.

The 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 extended schedule. Yangon Port handled 53 container vessels in April, 59 in March, 60 each in February and 63 in January 2026.

After the new navigation channel (Kings Bank Channel) accessing the inner Yangon River was found, the draft extension work was accelerated. After that, 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