CNI News
March 8, 2026
The opening ceremony of a 40,000-ton dry dock and the keel-laying ceremony (Ayakhinn Mingalar) for two 63-meter anti-submarine vessels for the Myanmar Navy was held in Yangon on March 8, 2026.
The ceremony was attended by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the National Security and Peace Restoration Commission.
It is reported that the Naval Dockyard Headquarters project was implemented in three distinct construction phases:
Phase 1: Constructed and opened between 1998 and 2002.
Phase 2: Constructed and opened between 2009 and 2013.
Phase 3: Completed to enable the construction and repair of naval vessels, as well as departmental and private vessels.
