Inland Water Transport (IWT) department under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has added new cargo vessels to run between Thilawa International Port and Shwe Pyi Tar Port, sources said.
The IWT repaired the Saw Nanda cargo vessel at the Dala shipyard and is running with Sin Hai (1) with its cargo trailer Ta-1502 and Sin Hai (6) with its cargo trailer Ta-809 from October 4.
Cargo Transport Sub-department under the IWT started the cargo services on March 9, 2017 and is running with Sin Hai (6) and its cargo trailer CBRC0001 from Thilawa International Port to Mottama Port and Shwe Me Port in Shwe Pyi Tar.
The IWT runs eight times of cargo services with 6,400 tons weight of 640 containers in 2016-17 FY, 21 times of cargo services with 17,420 tons weight of 1,742 containers in 2017-18 FY and 54 times of cargo services with 52,240 tons weight of 5,224 containers in 2018 mini-budget year.
The IWT owns six shipyards, in which state owned vessels have been repaired and built. The department also offers services to repair and build private use vessels with specified prices.
The IWT provided two used vessels and one new vessel currently building in Japan with the aid of Japanese government to use in southern Rakhine State.
