{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Sittwe","identifier":"MM AKY","unlocode":"MM AKY","city":null,"country":"Burma","waterBody":"Bay of Bengal; Indian Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Open Roadstead","channelDepthMeters":4.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":20.133333,"longitude":92.9},"description":"Built with Indian grant financing and opened in May 2023, Sittwe functions less as a conventional trade port than as the seaward anchor of a transit corridor. The site at the mouth of the Kaladan river on the Bay of Bengal forms part of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project, which links Kolkata by sea to Sittwe, onward up-river to Paletwa, and finally by road to the northeast Indian state of Mizoram. The new terminal comprises riverside pier jetties able to handle only small general-","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/sittwe-port-mm-aky","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/sittwe-port-mm-aky","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Sittwe · (UN/LOCODE: MM AKY) · Burma · Small · 4.9 m"}