Cargo

Yoma and Kokubu to enter joint venture with KOSPA

March 5, 2019 by Thiha

Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. and Kokubu Group today welcomed SF Holding Co., Ltd., a technology-led international logistics service provider based in China, as a joint venture partner in KOSPA Limited, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, according to a press release. SF Holding will acquire a 25 per cent stake in KOSPA for a […]

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Myanmar’s first dry port opens for business

November 16, 2018 by Thiha

KM Terminal & Logistics Ltd (KM) and Resource Group (RG) officially opened two separate dry port projects in Ywar Thar Gyi, Yangon yesterday. A dry port is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail. Freight trains will run from Ywar Thargyi to a second dry port in Myit Nge, Mandalay, which KM […]

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India, Myanmar discuss connectivity projects; to ink pact for seamless cargo, traffic movement

October 31, 2018 by Thiha

India and Myanmar on Friday discussed various projects to enhance bilateral connectivity, besides agreeing to ink a pact for seamless movement of cargo and traffic, an official statement said. Myanmar Minister for Communication and Transport U Thant Sin Maung called on Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari here. Both the leaders discussed the […]

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Inside myanmar’s incendiary and illegal charcoal trade

November 9, 2017 by Thiha

A year-long investigation into the multi-million-dollar charcoal market and how it moves from the villages of Myanmar into Chinese smelters. A trader turns off his truck’s engine at yet another checkpoint and, again, the soldiers ask him for cash. His truck is filled with charcoal from Myanmar, destined for factories in China’s mountainous southwest province […]

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Burning down the house: Myanmar’s destructive charcoal trade

October 27, 2017 by Thiha

A nearly year-long investigation by Mongabay led to a multi-part reporting project into the illegal production and trade of charcoal in Myanmar. One route for charcoal sales from Myanmar to China documented by Mongabay could generate as much as $10 million a year in payoffs alone to Burmese government officials. The cheap energy source is […]

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How Genius Coffee cracked Myanmar’s premium export market

August 9, 2017 by Thiha

One of the main challenges facing Myanmar is developing its export trade. The majority of Myanmar’s exports are extractives and raw goods. But some of Myanmar’s most lucrative potential export markets need to produce more value-added high-quality goods. The Global New Light of Myanmar Daily Newspaper interviewed U Ngwe Tun, founder mof Aung Nay Lin […]

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Dawei port grows busier

May 30, 2017 by Thiha

The number of cargo ships arriving at and leaving Dawei port in Taninthayi Region has significantly increased this year compared to the same period last year. From January to April last year, 107 ships entered and exited the port trading 56,693 tonnes of goods. However, in the same period of this year, there were 111 […]

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Emirates set to launch flights to Phnom Penh

February 23, 2017 by Thiha

Emirates Airlines will expand its presence in Cambodia by launching a daily passenger flight between Dubai and Phnom Penh, with a stopover in Yangon, as part of the Dubai-based carrier’s push into the region. Launching on July 1, the daily flight will connect Dubai to Phnom Penh via a 90-minute stopover in Yangon, using a […]

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Inland Water Cargo Shipping Unpopular

January 8, 2016 by Thiha

Eighty percent of freights to international destinations are carried via sea routes, 10 percent by air and 10 percent by road, estimated Myanmar International Freight Forwarders’ Association (MIFFA). However, local freight transporting primarily depends on road transportation, said U Ye Win Tun, manager of Inland Water Transport (IWT). “Although inland water transportation is cheap, it […]

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Marine cargo insurance available

June 11, 2015 by thiha

The Myanmar Insurance Business Supervisory Board has announced that it will allow private companies to offer marine cargo insurance. Dr Maung Maung Thein, chairman of the board, said: “Now private insurance companies have got experience we will allow them to deliver new insurance services.” Since its inception, the board has allowed six types of insurance: […]

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