New general cargo and container wharf in Thilawa Port will run in next April, sources said.
The construction work of general cargo wharf aided by Japanese ODA loan of US$200 million is finalized on December 14.
At the present, ships cannot dock at the wharf and the cargo handling will be done after it is being transferred to the company which can manage the wharf.
“Now we have finished the construction work. The cargo handling will be done after it is being transferred to the company,” said Dr Myo Nyein Aye, Deputy General Manager of Myanma Port Authority (MPA).
The MPA developed 37 (200*750 meters) land plots in Thilawa harbour and invited local and foreign investors to implement the development of the harbour.
The MPA is building two general cargo wharves, dockyard buildings and cargo handling facilities using the ODA loan on No.25 and 26 land plots.
The project includes a steel jacket type main bridge, three smaller bridges, dockyard buildings, the purchase of two quay cranes, six RTGs, three reach stackers, six trailers and six chassis worth about US$200 million.
The project was started in June 2016 and finished in December 2018.
Tender to select the builder was held in 2015 and tender winner, a joint-ventured company of Toyo Construction and JFE Engineering and the MPA, signed the contract in December 2015.
