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In June 2007, Asia World announced that it would be building a deep sea port on Maday Island in Kyaukphyu. [17] The port will be a transit point for goods destined for Yangon, Kolkata, and Chittagong . [ 18 ]
The island is the site of a deep seawater port being constructed as part of the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone. The island is home to four villages (including Ywama, Pyein, and Kyauktan), [ 1 ] 700 homes, and 3,000 people. [ 2 ]
The Kyaukphyu SEZ plan is included an industrial zone, residential housing estates and a deep-water port and to cover about 11 miles (18 km) near Sit Taw and Si Maw Village. [4] 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) roadway and railway will linked between SEZ and Yunnan Province of China.
The oil and natural gas pipelines run in parallel and start near Kyaukphyu on Made island port on the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar (19°21'52.39"N, 93°41'3.91"E), run under the sea for 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) to mainland ( 19°21'26.09"N, 93°44'3.41"E) and then run through Mandalay, Pyin Oo Lwin, and Namkham in Myanmar before entering China at ...
Lekki Deep Sea Port, Nigeria Began operations in April 2023, it is currently the largest deep water port in Africa. Designed to welcome post-panamax category vessels. [4] Ibom Deep Sea Port, Nigeria — undergoing implementation [5] Kribi, Cameroon — oil terminal Iron ore Mbalam and Nabela - 300 000 tonnes; Bauxite - future [6] Owendo, Gabon ...
Kyaukpyu is a district in the Arakan division of Lower Burma, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal.It consists of, first, a strip of mainland along the Bay of Bengal, extending from the An pass, across the main range, to the Ma-ī River, and, secondly, the large islands of Ramree and Cheduba, with many others to the south, lying off the coast of Sandoway.
Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (Burmese: ကျောက်ဖြူအထူးစီးပွားရေးဇုန်; abbreviated Kyaukphyu SEZ) is a 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres) Burmese special economic zone being developed on Kyaukphyu, Ramree Island, Rakhine State. [1] Kyaukphyu SEZ was first announced in September 2013. [2]
China as a part of BRI is planning to construct deep-sea port at Kyaukphyu, on Myanmar's west coast which is 970 km from India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, at an estimated cost of $7 billion. Strategists have also identified the Marao Atoll, in the Maldives, as a potential Chinese military base of operations.