ITD starts wharf construction in Dawei
Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) has started construction of a wharf which can load and unload 0.1 million tones of items at the mouth of Pandatinn creek, according to locals.
The wharf is needed to transport machinery and construction materials to Dawei deep seaport and special economic zone project which will be implemented in coming 2013.
“The wharf is being built for 6 months. It will be finished construction on February, 2013. Dawei deep seaport project implementation will increase speed in the coming year and we need a good and reliable port to carry the construction materials. We have a temporary jetty near the small wharf which is being built. It is for temporary and not strong enough for waves and strong wind. Besides it can’t be docked the large ships. The new wharf can dock large ships which can load 0.1 million tones weight,” said Tin Maung Swe, president of Dawei Special Economic Zone supporting working body.
“The small wharf won’t be used after the project is completed. We will use it during the project implementation periods and transfer it to Myanmar Port Authorities for local use. The ships which can dock at the Yangon River have only about 30,000 tones and the jetty can allow docking the weight of 0.1 million tones ships. It will become the important wharf for the region. The jetty can allow one ship to dock at one time and the ships will carry machinery and construction materials,” he continued.
Also the company has started creating spaces to store machinery and goods on 100 acres land spaces near the wharf.
As soon as the wharf is finished, the company will measure the depth of water to allow docking of large ships. The mouth of Pandatinn creek is shallow and the company may need to dig the sand dunes at the mouth of the creeks, according to locals.
