Reposted from BSS
YANGON, April 22 (BSS/Xinhua) — Myanmar port authorities will build 14 more jetties at Yangon Port in addition to the 18 existing ones, in a bid to double the freight handling, official media reported today.
Of the 14 planned jetties under the government’s port development project, seven are to be built through joint venture and foreign aid, Transport Minister U Nyan Tun Aung was quoted by the New Light of Myanmar as saying.
U Nyan Tun Aung, in an inspection tour to the Yangon port, said Myanmar port would become crucial in Southeast Asia after the country’s Dawei Deep Seaport and Kyaukbyu Deep Seaport come into operation.
Yangon port handles 85 percent of export and import of the whole country, he disclosed, adding that the state will be responsible for 25 percent of the jetty construction, while the rest will be left to private constructors. More…
