Top-Performing Port Expanding its Facilities and Services

Myanmar Integrated Port Limited (MIPL), a private port owned by Austin Navigation Asia Pte. Ltd., and associated with the Boustead and Wah Seong Group of Companies of Malaysia, which began operating in 1998, specialises in handling general cargo, including cars, car carriers and rolling stock, as well as edible oils. Covering 150,000 sq m, the port is equipped with a 200-m jetty with a 9-m draft. MIPL is currently expanding to keep up with growing demand and has formed a joint-venture partnership with a Malaysian enterprise to increase capacity and implement new technologies.

M. Nousseir, Chairman, explains, “We are strengthening our infrastructure to be even more versatile. We are very happy with the changes in Myanmar. This is a country we have believed in for a very long time.” The port can currently handle 6,000 tonnes of edible oil and is building two more tanks to raise capacity to 10,000 tonnes.

MIPL welcomes the chance to form other partnerships in the future, for example in building new transport links to serve the port. M. Nousseir says, “There is a lot of potential in working with petrochemical companies in the future. We have the land and finances but we are open to foreign partnerships that can support our port. We are looking to grow as the Thilawa Special Economic Zone develops around us. MIPL has an outstanding track record.”