¡¡¡¡YANGON, January 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Myanmar has made certain progress in ship building in recent years with the support of the government.
¡¡¡¡According to figures published by the Myanmar Ministry of Transport, since 1995, the Myanma Shipyard (MS) under the ministry has successively built and delivered six vessels to marine companies of two Southeast Asian (SEA) countries.
¡¡¡¡Of the six vessels, two were exported to Indonesia which are a 38-meter-long sea pollution control vessel and a 29-meter-long pusher tug, while the other four were built for Singapore which are transporters having 50 meters, 55.5 meters, 56 meters and 63 meters in length respectively.
¡¡¡¡Official statistics also show that since 1988, Myanmar has built over 30 vessels for cargo and passenger services and imported over 100 passenger and cargo vessels to improve its inland water transport, of which 72 were imported from China' Yunnan Machinery Import and Export Corporation.
¡¡¡¡So far Myanmar owns 721 state-owned vessels for its inland water transport services and 23 ocean vessels engaged in overseas and coastal shipping services. Enditem