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Chinese-Built Shipyard Delivered for Service in Myanmar

A shipyard, the Thilawa, contracted and built by the China National Constructional and Agricultural Machinery Import and Export Co (CAMC), was formally delivered to Myanmar for service on Saturday after completion of its first phase of construction in three years.


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A shipyard, the Thilawa, contracted and built by the China National Constructional and Agricultural Machinery Import and Export Co (CAMC), was formally delivered to Myanmar for service on Saturday after completion of its first phase of construction in three years.

The first phase of the Thilawa shipyard project, located 25 kilometers south of Yangon, covers a land of 300,000 square-meters.The Chinese side was responsible for the project design, supply of equipment, installation, technical supervision and training, whilethe Myanmar side only undertook the civil construction.

The project is the biggest and most comprehensive one in Myanmar contracted and built by China.

The first phase of the Thilawa shipyard project possesses a production capacity of manufacturing five and repairing 50 ships ayear.

With advanced technological process and complete accessory, theshipyard's technological standard and degree of modernization ranked first in Myanmar.

The formal delivery of the project for service will greatly enhance Myanmar's ship repairing and building capabilities.





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