The project involves establishment of a new port equipped with container storage facility, a cargo storage warehouse, pier bridges, approach bridges, and modern machinery to load cargo on ships. Mechanical equipment handling will be introduced to enable quick processing of heavy cargo that could not be handled by conventional manpower handling.

The port will be built on 8.1 hectares of land located one kilometre west of Mandalay City, behind the city’s circular road and Shwe Lone Bo Monastery.

It is aimed at improving trade and transportation along inland waterways. Years of underinvestment have reduced effectiveness of Myanmar’s inland port system. Modernization of inland port infrastructure will be essential to facilitate increased cargo flows along the Ayeyarwady River. Although trade is conducted with other cities via water routes from Mandalay, loading and unloading of cargo along the river is still being done manually rather than by machine due to lack of modern equipment in existing port facilities along the Ayeyarwady River. Mandalay’s strategic location in Central Myanmar makes it an important hub for transport of people and goods. The city is connected to other parts of the country and to China and India through multiple modes of transportation.