The number of international shipments at Yangon port has doubled within one year, the highest volume in a decade, according to Myanmar Port Authority.
In the fiscal year 2012-13, a total of
2,196 shipments were called at business hub of Yangon. This amount has
doubled up if compared with 951 shipments during 2002-2003, their
reports said.
“If we compare now with ten years ago,
the number of shipment to the port has been doubling annually. It is 100
percent growth every year,” an official from Myanmar Port Authority
said.
Most of the ships at Yangon berth at
Asia World Port located in the downtown area. The port has been recently
extended into a wharf named Htee Tan to receive more ships.
Yangon port is currently handling about
85 percent of the country’s export and import volume. It is frequently
facing port congestion as more ships come in and more cargoes arrive
here.
Yangon port has a total of 16 wharfs
from Htee Tan to Thanhlyatsoon area, and three more wharfs are under
construction. There are three inland container depots in Yangon.
The Yangon Port Development Plan would
upgrade existing facilities to meet international standard and increase
capacity to receive larger vessels.
The port expansion will take place in
Myanmar Industrial Port’s area, Theinbyu shipyard, Ahlon Forest
Department’s area and Asia World Port’s wharf (4). Sixteen new wharfs
will be built, according to the port development plan.
After the port development plan is completed, there will be total 32 wharfs, and 33 ships may berth at Yangon simultaneously.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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