Nga Yoke Kaung region, about 100 miles southwest of Pathein city, was discovered as a potential site for a deep-sea port during the search for potential deep-sea ports on the west coast of Myanmar, especially below the coast of Rakhine State. It is also a good area to handle Myanmar’s maritime imports and build an industrial estate, according to exploration firms. The Nga Yoke Kaung Deep Sea Port Development Project is to be implemented to facilitate regional and international maritime.

In addition, if deep-sea ports and industrial zones could be created, it will create job opportunities for local people and improve their living standards and then the sustainable development of the country’s economy. Therefore, the construction of a deep-sea port in Nga Yoke Bay and related facilities in Ayeyarwady Region could be a gateway to the west coast of the country.

Therefore, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Myanmar Port Authority and Singapore-based Super Axis Development Pte., Ltd/ Sliver Wave Development Pte., Ltd on 5 August 2013 to conduct a feasibility study for the implementation of a deep-sea port in Nga Yoke Kaung Bay, Ayeyarwady region. The period of MoU is 12 months after the signing and Super Axis Development Pte., Ltd / Sliver Wave Development Pte., Ltd must submit a feasibility study report to the Myanmar Ports Authority during the MoU period, according to the MoU’s rule, but the company has terminated the MoU because it could not conduct a feasibility study.

At present, according to the proposal to implement as Supply Base from two Myanmar companies named Myint & Associate Company and SIM Company, the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) has already been approved and the Feasibility Study has finished.

The Government of Myanmar has been intending to implement the Kalagauk region as a deep-sea port for the past two decades. The Kalagauk region located in Mon State between Mawlamyaing city and Yay city is a promising area for deep-sea ports according to preliminary studies.

Kalagauk located in Mon State is in a very good geographical location for the deep-sea port connecting the East-West Corridor between the GMS and ASEAN and the South-North Corridor between China and ASEAN. In addition, it is rich in natural resources such as agriculture, forests, mining and fishery products.

Easy access to the sea route across the Indian Ocean to the western front of Myanmar and to promote the economic development of Mon State as well as the region of Kalagauk and the country. It can create job opportunities for local people and to improve their livelihoods as well and to sustain the development of the country’s economy.

Myanma Port Authority (MPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Emerald Grand Hotel Co., Ltd. based in Thailand on 9^th August 2013 to conduct the first feasibility study for the implementation of the Kalagauk Deep Sea Port. However, The Emerald Grand Hotel Co., Ltd has terminated the MoU due to the inability to conduct feasibility studies within the stipulated time.

Then, Thailand-based Centennial Energy (Thailand) Co., Ltd submitted a MoU to sign between Myanmar Port Authority and Centennial Energy Co., Ltd. and the MOU was signed on 24-7-2015 to conduct a feasibility study for the implementation of Kalagouk Deep Sea Port. However, under the terms of the MoU, Centennial Energy (Thailand) Co., Ltd has terminated the MoU due to its failure to pay the Performance Bank Guarantee of USD 100,000. Myanma Port Authority is working to implement the Kalagot Deep Sea Port.

 

Layout plan of Kalagauk deep sea port project

Map of Kalagauk deep sea port project

Cooperation with CITIC Consortium from the Republic of China For Implementation of Deep Sea Port Project under Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone

Introduction

1. Yangon Port and (8) Out-Ports are River Ports and are administered by the Myanma Port Authority under the management of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Yangon Port is the premier port which handles more than 85 % of the imports and exports of the country and is accessible to vessels of 167 m LOA, 9 m draft, 15000 DWT.
2. To cope with the growth of the maritime exports/ imports can be overwhelming to use and build modern and adapted to handle larger vessels that can berth Deep Sea Ports along the coast of the country need to build up.

Kyaukphyu Deep Sea Port

3. The water area of the Made` Island located in northeastern port of Kyaukphyu City in Rakhine State and is the most promising area to develop Deep Sea Port. This area falls inside from the sea, begin a protected area affected by the waves and storms by the natural configuration, having a deep channel to facilitate entry and exit of the large cargo vessels, having a sufficient width for turning and anchorage of the vessel, having a backup area, is the best to build a deep sea port.

Forming of Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Management Committee

4. Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Management Committee was formed on 13^th January 2014.

Implementation of Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Project 

5. Bid Evaluation and Awarding Committee (BEAC), referred to the president office (dated 17-8-2013, 112 (2)/ 8 / President Office), was formed and included the responsible person and most of the local knowledge professionals.
6. Bid Evaluation and Awarding Committee (BEAC) invited for port package, Industrial Package and Residential Package by international open tender system on 24^th November 2014.
7. Establishing Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone and earmarking it’s boundary was approved and announced at First Pyi Htaung Su Hluttaw of (13^th) Regular Meeting on 29^th December 2015 and CITIC Consortium Group was chosen as Developer of Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone by Bid Evaluation and Awarding Committee (BEAC) on 30^th December 2015.

Discussion for Deep Sea Port Project

8. Myanma Port Authority and the Chairman of Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Management Committee discussed the Port Services Agreement relating for implementation of the development of Deep Sea Port project under Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone on 26^th July 2018 at Head Office. After discussing the detail of Port Services Agreement, Framework Agreement were signed between the Chairman of  Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Management Committee and CITIC Group’s    on 8^th November, 2018. After singing the Framework Agreement, Feasibility Study is being undertaken.
9. Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Management Committee, Myanma Port Authority and CITIC Consortium discussed Concession Agreement for implementation of the development of Deep Sea Port project under Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone on 4^th April, 2019. At present, Myanma Port Authority has already submitted Concession Agreement to Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone Management Committee for signing the contract.

Dawei Special Economic Zone and Deep-Sea Port Project

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Dawei Deep Sea Port Project between Myanma Port Authority under Ministry of Transport and Communications and Italian-Thai Development Public Co., Ltd. (ITD) was signed in Naypyitaw on 12^th June 2008.

The Framework Agreement for Dawei Deep Sea Port Project between Myanma Port Authority under Ministry of Transport and Communications and Italian-Thai Development Public Co., Ltd. (ITD) was signed in Naypyitaw on 2^nd November 2010.

-ITD could not find the funds needed to implement the Dawei Special Economic Zone Project in time. The agreement signed between Myanma Port Authority and ITD in 2013 was terminated.

At the beginning of the project, ITD was constructing Temporary Small Port near Ngapitak Village to transport project materials by marine.

Because of the Dawei Special Economic Zone Project is a large-scale, The Memorandum of Understanding, which includes Myanmar, Thailand and Japan was officially signed at the 7^th Mekong-Japan Summit on 4^th July 2015.

The tendering and construction work for the construction of the 2-lane highway will be completed from 2021 to 2023.

Dawei Special Economic Zone Management Committee was reorganized by notification No.3/2021 dated 3-5-2021 of the Central Body of Myanmar Special Economic Zone.

Myanma Port Authority has assigned the Chief Port Officer (Tanintharyi Region) to coordinate port operations of Dawei Special Economic Zone.

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ဆိပ်ခံတံတားရှေ့ရေအနက်	၉ မီတာ
တင်ချသည့်ကုန်ပစ္စည်း	အထွေထွေကုန်စည်
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သိုလှောင်နိုင်မှုပမာဏ	Warehouse ၃၀,၀၀၀ မက်ထရစ်တန်၊ Silos ၆၀,၀၀၀ မက်ထရစ်တန်
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ကုမ္ပဏီအမည်	Myanmar Kong Hua Co.,Ltd.

Yangon Port An agreement was signed between Myanmar Port Authority and Padauk Shwe Wah Company Limited on Plot No. 33 in Thilawa Port Area on 9-10-2013 to build a port business under BOT system and the port operations are underway.

International Bulk Terminal Thilawa which was implemented by Capital Diamond Star Group, Kamigumi Co., Ltd and Lluvia Co., Ltd. at Plot No. 30 and 31, Thilawa Port Area, Yangon Region. By the permit granted by Myanmar Investment Commission, Myanma Port Authority and Diamond Star Co., Ltd have been signed BOT Contract and Land Lease Agreement on 13.5.2015 for the Development of a Modern Multi-Purpose International Terminal with an aim to develop Agricultural and Grain terminal specialised bulk cargo handling. IBTT Project includes not only the construction and operation of port terminal but also logistics business related to the operation of a dedicated terminal mainly for the handling of grain as well as silos and warehouse. Port development projects have been implemented especially in Multi-purpose terminal and Container terminal but there is on specified Bulk Cargo Terminal in Myanmar. That is why, International Bulk Terminal Thilawa is one of the first Bulk Terminals in Myanmar. It will lessen transport and logistics cost and improve the competitiveness of Myanmar’s supply chains by making it cheaper and more efficient to transport goods.

The Myanmar Ports Authority has received an ODA loan of 23,480 million yen (US $ 208.93 million) from the Government of Japan and Including other expenses, a total of US $ 222 million for the Thilawa area; Construction of two modern multi-purpose container port bridges in Block 25 and 26 and 165,700 square meters / 41 acres of backyard infrastructure in Block 25; Thilawa Multipurpose International Terminal (TMIT) Co., Ltd., a Japan-Myanmar joint venture. However, 38 years of port operation license has been leased from 20-5-2019.

On 25th March, 2018, Wilmar Myanmar Port Terminal was opened at Thilawa area and which is operated by Wilmar Myanmar Port Terminals (Thilawa) Limited under the BOT system of Myanma Port Terminals (MPA) with 50 years in initial.This is the 3rd general commodity jetty and construction was started in February, 2016 and it is completed at the end of November, 2017.

Information of Wilmar’s Jetty

• Jetty length : 235 meters
• Jetty Breadth : 25 meters
• Access trestle length : 103.65 meters
• Trestle width : 10.5 meters
• Minimum depth of water along the jetty :13.0 meters
• Bollard spacing : 13.0 meters
• Maximum bollard pull : 150 MT
• Uniformly distributed load on jetty : 30kN/sq-m
• Uniformly distributed load on trestle : 21 kN/sq-m
• Services available : Direct delivery, over side delivery and dumping delivery of cargoes
• Stevedores : jetty able to provide stevedore service by it own stevedores
• Crane :Nil (can be arranged shore crane)
• Hoppers and Grabs : Nil (can be arrange rental)
• Designed cargo : all general cargoes, bulk cargoes and edible oil cargo

Detail information of existing wharf as following:

1. Jetty over all length : 232.0 meters
2. Jetty breadth : 25.0 meters
3. Access trestle length : 103.65 meters
4. Trestle width : 15.5 meters
5. Depth of water at the berth at zero tide : 10.00 meters
6. Bollard spacing : 13.0 meters
7. Maximum bollard pull : 150 MT
8. Maximum designed DWT : 64000
9. Maximum designed displacement : 49000
10. Uniformly distributed loads on Platform : 30kN/sq-m
11. Uniform distributed load on access mole and trestle : 21.5kN/sq-m

An agreement was signed on 28-8-2014 between Myanma Port Authority and Denko Petrochemical Management Co., Ltd to build a port business under BOT system on Thilawa Area plot No-17, 18 (b) and, at present, the terminal operate port operations.