Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems Ministry of Transport and Communications 22 nd ,March,2018 1 Sule Shangarilia,Yangon Myanmar’s Inland Maritime Ports and Inland Water Transport: Capacity Assessment, Status and Development Plan
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Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems
Ministry of Transport and Communications
22nd,March,2018 1Sule Shangarilia,Yangon
Myanmar’s Inland Maritime Ports and Inland Water Transport: Capacity
Assessment, Status and Development Plan
CONTENT
▪ Country Context
▪ Current status of River channels
▪ DWIR Introduction (maintaining the Channels)
▪ Existing Port condition and Capacity
▪ Challenges
▪ Inland Port Development plans
▪ Advantages
▪ Conclusions
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Topography
• The country is mountainous in north and
northwest.
• The eastern region has a plateau of about
3,000 ft above mean sea level. It has hilly and
flat terrain in central and southern areas.
• It altitudes, therefore, range from sea level to
snow capped mountains of about 19,000 ft.
• Approximately about 75 % of the country lies
in the tropics.
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Annual Normal Rainfall
Range from minimum 600 mm to
maximum 5500 mm.
The lowest annual normal rainfall
occur in central part of Myanmar
The highest annual normal
rainfall occur in Coastal, Northern
and Southern part of Myanmar.
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Current status
of
River channels
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Riv
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iver
Name of
River
(Length)
(km)
(Catchment)
(sq-km)
(Discharge)
(mil cu-m)
Ayeyarwady 2100 288900 313720
Chindwin 1100 115300 141290
Sittaung 420 34395 41900
Thanlwin 2410 158000 257920
Kaladan 650 22611 53800
Name of River Navigable Length (km)
Ayeyarwady 1534
Chindwin 730
Thanlwin and other rivers in Mon
State
380
Dalta Region 2404
Rivers in Rakhaing State 1602
Total Length (km) 6650
Navigable Length of Major Rivers
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Myanmar main rivers and navigability
DRAUGHT RESTRICTIONS
FROM 15TH NOVEMBER TO 15TH MAY ( DRY SEASON)
Sr.
NoRiver Stretch
Restricted Draught
Ft / inch meter
a Ayeyarwaddy River
1. Myitkyina-Sinbo 2‘ 6" 0.8
2. Bhamo- Katha 3‘ 6" 1.1
3. Katha-Mandalay 4‘ 0" 1.2
4. Mandalay-Pyay 5‘ 0" 1.5
5. Pyay-Henzada 5‘ 6" 1.7
b Chindwin River
1. Hkamti- Homalin 2‘ 6" 0.8
2. Homalin- Kalewa 3‘ 0" 0.9
3. Kalewa- Monywa 3‘ 3" 1.0
4. Monywa-Confluence 3‘ 0" 0.9
Constraints along the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin
Sr no. Waterway Constraints
Ayeyarwady 34
1 Bamaw – Hteegyaint 5
2 Hteegyaint – Mandalay 4
3 Mandalay – Chauk 10
4 Chauk – Magway 5
5 Magway – Pyay 3
6 Pyay - Yangon 7
Chindwin 20
1 Khamtee - Homalin 5
2 Homalin – Mawlaik 4
3 Mawlaik - Monywa 7
4 Monywa - Confluence 4
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Directorate of Water
Resources and Improvement
of River Systems
(DWIR)
Introduction
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Organizational Structure of DWIR
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to contribute to the development of State economy through improving
water resources and river system.
Aims
to smooth and safety waterways navigation along rivers and creeks.
to protect and maintain the waterways of border rivers so as not to lose
State-owned land, and making arrangements thereof.
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to Improve the navigation channel and to stabilize the inland river ports.
to protect the river banks erosion.
to cooperate with other organizations in demarcation of danger water level
of the towns.
to utilize the river water for domestic and agriculture all the year round.
to protect bank erosion of border rivers.
to observe the long term existence of the cross river bridges by river
engineering point of views.
to manage the prevention of the river water pollution.
to achieve adequate depth for maximum loading capacity of the vessels.
OBJECTIVES OF DWIR
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(1) River Bed Regulation / Canalization
(2)Water Level Regulation
(3)Discharge Regulation
ALTERNATIVE RIVER IMPROVEMENT METHODS
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Some projects implemented
by DWIR
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15permeable groyne non permeable groyne
non permeable groyne
Construction of River Training Strucutres
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Some activities of DWIR
Removing snags, debris
Dredging
Removing rocks
Inspection of bridges
Dredging work
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To overcome the draught restrictions,
necessary to improve,
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▪ (34) constraints on Ayeyarwady river from Bhamo to Yangon.
▪ (20) constraints on Chindwin river from Khamtee to confluence.
Priority Objectives of AIRBMP
(Implemented by DWIR)
➢AIRBM: Ayeyarwady integrated river basin management