A total of 347 container vessels arrived at the Yangon Port in the first half of 2026, the Myanma Port Authority announced.
Yangon Port saw arrivals of 55 container vessels in June, 57 in May, 53 in April, 59 in March, 60 in February and 63 in January 2026.
Yangon Port handled 728 container vessels in 2025, 633 in 2024 and 629 in 2023. 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.
Discovery of the new Kings Bank Channel has fast-tracked crucial draft extension work along the inner Yangon River to boost the region’s maritime shipping capacity. 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 handled. — NN/KK
