Yangon Port handles 457 container vessels in Jan-Aug

 

A total of 457 container vessels arrived at Yangon Port in the past eight months (January-August) of 2026, Myanma Port Authority announced.

Yangon Port handled arrivals of 55 container vessels each in August, July and June, 57 in May, 53 in April, 59 in March, 60 in February and 63 in January 2026. Moreover, 61 vessels are scheduled to arrive at the port in September.

Yangon Port operated 728 container vessels in 2025, 633 in 2024 and 629 in 2023. Thanks to the draft extension, international ocean liners can access the inner port for now, according to the Myanma Port Authority’s statement on 22 June 2024.

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 Asia World Port Terminal for the first time on 22 June, which is the largest ship that AWPT Port has handled.

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