Myanmar Maritime Transport Profile 2026
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MYANMAR
MARITIME TRANSPORT PROFILE
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Maritime assets
Port area in 2025
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Ships built by country of building, annual
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Merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership, annual
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Trade - Navigation total
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Water transport employment
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Activity
Container port throughput
Port call and performance statistics
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Trade mode share
Port Activity
Trade openness index
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Seafarer supply
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Top 10 Freight Transport Expenditure in USD (Import)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight transport work in thousand ton-km (Import)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight Transport Expenditure in USD (Export)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight transport work in thousand ton-km (Export)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Connectivity and performance
LPI
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Liner shipping connectivity index
Port liner shipping connectivity index
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Bilateral liner shipping connectivity index
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Trade cost
Container port performance index
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Remoteness index
Sustainable freight transport index
Percent of firms identifying transport as a major constraint
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Shipping emissions
EDGAR GHG 2025
Transport energy consumption
EDGAR AP 8.1
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GAINS emissions
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Adaptation and resilience
Average annual loss
Port risk
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Investment on ports
Development financing
Private participation in infrastructure
Policy Targets
Policy Measures
| Updated Nationally Determined Contributions - MMR | Green shipping program | Priority will be given to electric vehicles, the development of a Shipping Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) and a Green Shipping Strategy Use of alternative energy/ fuels ● Use wind or solar energy ● Use of LNG Table 36 Additionally, within the transport sector, Myanmar is also interested in further regional engagement in the ASEAN Green Ship Strategy to reduce emission from non-convention ships (NCS) where International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules do not apply. | 2021 |
| Updated Nationally Determined Contributions - MMR | Reference to international financial support | Myanmar thus seeks international technical and financial assistance in combinations of grants and concessional loans to develop the railway sector. As a part of its NDC, Myanmar thus seeks international public and/or public-private sector engagement and grants for technical and financial assistance, estimated at US$ 2.3 million; - in the Inland Marine sector for GHG Emission Reductions (US$ 1.2million) and the Green Ship Strategy for coastal shipping (US$ 1.1 million). | 2021 |
| Updated Nationally Determined Contributions - MMR | Research in transport sector | Myanmar also seeks to enhance its capacities to engage in IMO discussions and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Myanmar is interested in enhancing its capacities to engage with the aviation sector (the International Civil Aviation Organisation) regarding climate change, specifically the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme in International Aviation. | 2021 |
| Updated Nationally Determined Contributions - MMR | Shipping efficiency improvements | Priority will be given to electric vehicles, the development of a Shipping Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) and a Green Shipping Strategy Improvement in the main engine‟s efficiency ● Change and convert the main engine ● Recover waste heat | 2021 |
| Automotive Policy | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Build industrial road and port infrastructure | 2019 |
| Intended Nationally Determined Contribution - MMR | Transport infrastructure modification to reduce climate risks | Adaptation activities are also being conducted in the water sector, with projects on water way improvement to reduce flooding, improving the control of the transportation of commodities and on river bank erosion. | 2017 |
| The Survey Program for the National Transport Development Plan in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | Improve inland waterway networks along the priority development corridors, namely the Northern Corridor, the Western North-South Corridor / the Main River Corridor and the Delta Area Network. Improve connectivity with other modes such as international shipping, truck and railway operators together with proper handling and storage facilities like warehouses in order to facilitate multi-modal transport. Develop a new business plan for IWT, in which the basic direction of IWT function will be focused into ship management in order to collaborate with the private sector. Replace IWT aged vessels and build new vessels with new technology (such as shallow draft vessel, environmentally-friendly vessel, etc.) jointly with private sector. Ensure that IWT continues to provide passenger and cargo transport services in remote areas, where transport services are difficult to install and on routes that have no private sector provider. IWT to build new vessels, and provide in the market with reasonable prices for the private sector. Increase capacity of existing shipyards and modernize associated facilities in order to provide better quality services. | 2014 |
| The Survey Program for the National Transport Development Plan in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar | Renewable energy | Introduce renewable energy, where applicable (e.g. lighting at stations). Introduce early renewable energy where applicable (e.g. at ports, navigation system, etc.). | 2014 |
| The Survey Program for the National Transport Development Plan in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Enhance port capacity of Yangon port (including Thilawa area) to meet sharply increasing cargo demands and to reduce dwelling time of cargoes and ships in the port. | 2014 |
| Myanmar. National Communication (NC). NC 1. | Increasing transport activity | Improve railwayand waterway systems for increased containerized freight transport | 2012 |
| Myanmar. National Communication (NC). NC 1. | Modal shift | Improve railwayand waterway systems for increased containerized freight transport | 2012 |