Myanma Port Authority

[1] In March 2011, MPA began collaborating with a Chinese firm, CCCC TDC Tianjin Dredging, to begin dredging the Port of Yangon, to increase the size of vessels that can dock at the port (to 35,000 tons deadweight, up from the current capacity of 15,000).

[4] On 17 March 2012, Japanese firm MOL, began a twice-weekly container service between the Port of Yangon and Singapore.

[6] The Myanma Port Authority headquarters are located on Strand Road, Yangon, housed in a colonial-era building, designated in the Yangon City Heritage List.

The coast of Myanmar fronts on the Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.

Major port facilities administered by the MPA include:[7] (only facility to handle vessels with 200 metre in length, 9-metre draft and 20,000-tonnage) Other significant ports in Myanmar include:[9] (90% of trade handle in Yangon ports not incl Thilawa as of 2019) In Rakhine State: In Ayeyarwady Division: In Mon State: In Tanintharyi Division (of the Kra Isthmus):