The breeze blowing through the Yangon River made me warm. A host of sea-going vessels are anchored in the wide river. A scene of a flock of birds slowly flying in the sky seems a flurry and the ships small and big navigating in the river looks like a moving painting. On the bankside of […]
Thilawa, Thakayta and Thanlyin work together to implement first-ever LNG-to-Power project
Myanmar health ministry exempts logistics, airlines and communications business from stay-home order
The previous order by the ministry stated that all private businesses and organisations, except for essential businesses, are to follow the stay-home order 107/2020 bringing confusion among the public on which exact businesses. The new order 108/2020 , on September 22, have expanded the list stating that in addition to essential businesses, including banking and […]
Yangon Water Bus to use Singapore, Thai ferries when service resumes
The Yangon Water Bus river transport service has ordered passenger ferries from Singapore and Thailand to replace its old vessels once it resumes operation, the company that runs the line said. Daw Tint Tint Lwin, chair of Tint Tint Myanmar Co., said it has also sought the help of a Singapore company in linking its […]
Myanma Shipyards to hand over a multi-purpose vessel to its owner
Myanma Shipyards Dong A Joint Venture Company Limited is arranging to hand over a multi-purpose vessel to its owner, Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems under Ministry of Transportation and Communications, on July 27, sources said. The company is building nine vessels and repairing four vessels at the present, according to the […]
Sule Port premier port of Myanmar
Sule Port, the nation’s busiest sea port for rice, handles an average of 1.3 million metric tons of imports and 600,000 metric tons of export, annually. A total of 49,801 metric tons of rice were exported to foreign countries via Sule Port in current financial year. Sule is a major transit point for cement, timber […]