History of The Inland Water Transport (IWT)

The Inland Water Transport(IWT), one of the state owned transport enterprises under the Ministry of Transport, was established since 1865. At the present, IWT is a leading river transport enterprise providing a range of services for the secure and smooth transportation in Myanmar.

Currently, IWT has a fleet of 476 vessels comprising passenger cum cargo vessels, powered barges, pusher tugs, dumb barges station pontoons and etc;. IWT is performing a considerable amount of 25 millions passengers and 4 millions tons of cargo annually regarding to provide cheapest mean of transport in Myanmar.

Even though other modes of transport in Myanmar have been improved rapidly,IWT is playing in an important and essential role of transport due to its natural navigable waterways of rivers in Myanmar.