United Nations ESCAP recommends a dry port of area of 8.5 hectares be established near the existing Merchandise Center in Mandalay, citing containerized cargo throughput at Yangon port increasing approximately 16% for the last six years.
Myanmar Inland Water Transport (IWT) in 2011, handled 5 million tons of freight, about 50% more freight than carried by the railways. IWT has a total capacity of about 70,000 tons and moves along some 5,000 km of navigable waterways.