The ceremony is likely to inaugurate regular transit of cargo ships between Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata, India, and Sittwe Port in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, heralding a new age of transportation between the two countries.
A cargo ship was flagged off on Thursday from a Kolkata port for a trial run to a facility at Sittwe in Myanmar which is funded by India as part of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport project, officials said.
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] March 17 (ANI): China has moved to consolidate its influence in the strategically important neighboring country Myanmar which is unstable after the February 1, 2021 coup by Tatmadaw (Myanmar's armed forces).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works Limited (KMEW), a BSE listed Company, has been awarded with the contract for 'Dredging and providing maintenance on Access Channel and Port basin at Sittwe Port, Myanmar and Kaladan River for
New Delhi [India], Oct 22 (ANI): India and Myanmar signed a pact for the appointment of a private port operator for the operation and maintenance of Sittwe Port, Paletwa Inland Water Terminal and associated facilities that are part of the Kaladan Multi-Model Transit Transport Project, in
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 26 (ANI): Myanmar will open a new education department for Rohingya Muslims attending Sittwe University at Takka Pyin village in Sittwe township.
Sittwe [Myanmar], Sept. 6 (ANI): Kofi Annan, chair of the newly formed Rakhine advisory commission, on Tuesday vowed to end the violence in the state and said that his nine-member team would help build economic prosperity in the region.