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 […]
Korean company conducts survey to build a dry port in Monywa
February 25, 2019 by
A Korean company is conducting a survey to build a dry port in Monywa, Sagaing Region to transport containers using railroad, according to Ministry of Transportation and Communications. At the present, the ministry is built a dry port each in Ywarthagyi in Yangon Region and Myitnge in Mandalay Region and seven places are proposed to […]
Yangon-Mandalay railway upgrade breaks ground
November 29, 2018 by
Work on the first phase of the Yangon-Mandalay Railway Improvement Project has begun, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications announced. The ground-breaking ceremony for the project was held at the Nyaunglebin Railway Station in Bago Region on November 11. The funding for the upgrading of the railway measuring 620 kilometres will come courtesy of an […]
Yangon-Mandalay railway to receive monitoring system
June 29, 2018 by
Railways authorities are planning to install a modernized train monitoring system (TMS) in Yangon-Mandalay railway using a loan from official development assistance (ODA) from Japan, according to Ministry of Transportation and Communications. “We planned one billion Yen for the TMS to modernize Yangon-Mandalay railway,” said an official from the ministry. The Japanese International Cooperation Agency […]
