A total of 53 container vessels are slated to arrive in the Yangon Port in February 2025, the Myanma Port Authority announced.
Ten container vessels run by SITC Shipping Line, eight by Cosco Shipping Line, six by Samudera Shipping Line, five by Maersk A/S Line, four each by MSC Line and CMA CGM Line, three each by Ti2 Container Line, ONE Line and RCL Line, two each by BLPL Shipping Line, Ocean Salute Shipping Line and Evergreen Line, and one by Land and Sea are scheduled to enter the Yangon Port next month.
Myanma Port Authority has arranged maritime trade channels to handle increasing imports to meet domestic demand, bolster exports, and improve port capacity for significant arrival of 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 arrived at Yangon Port in January 2025.
Yangon Port handled 629 and 633 container vessels in in 2023 and 2024 respectively. 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. After that, 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, 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
