60 container vessels scheduled to arrive at Yangon Port in Dec

A total of 60 container vessels are slated to arrive at the Yangon Port in December 2024, the Myanma Port Authority announced.
Thirteen 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, CMA CGM Line, Ti2 Container Line and RCL Line, three each by BLPL Shipping Line and ONE Line, two each by PIL Line and Evergreen Line, and one each by Ocean Salute Shipping Line and Land and Sea are scheduled to enter the Yangon Port in December.
Myanma Port Authority has arranged maritime trade channels to handle increasing imports to meet domestic demand, bolster exports, and improve port capacity for significant ship arrivals. Myanma Port Authority notified that it will inform exporters and importers of ship arrival schedules promptly upon extended schedule.
Myanma Port Authority stated that 49 vessels in January, 53 in February, 55 in March, 50 in April, 52 in May, 50 each in June, July and August, 55 in September, 52 in October and 57 in November arrived at the Yangon Port.
Yangon Port handled 629 container vessels in 2023. Owing 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. 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 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 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 metres, the larger ocean liners can enter the Thilawa Port. — NN/KK