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title: "Sittwe Port: India's Kaladan Gateway to Myanmar"
description: "Sittwe Port is India's deep-water harbour in Rakhine, Myanmar, the maritime leg of the Kaladan project bypassing the Siliguri Corridor to reach the Northeast."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Sittwe Port is a deep-water harbour on Myanmar's Rakhine coast, developed by India under the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project to link the country's northeast to the Bay of Bengal.
- Why did India build Sittwe Port in Myanmar?
- How does the Kaladan corridor connect to Sittwe Port?
- Is Sittwe Port operational?
- How is Sittwe Port different from China's Kyaukpyu port?

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## Timeline

1. 2 April 2008

   Its construction and operation by India proceed under the Framework Agreement on the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project, signed by the Government…

2. 9 May 2023

   On , Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal formally inaugurated the operationalisation of Sittwe Port, flagging off the maiden Indian cargo vessel — carrying 1,0…

3. 4 May 2023

   On 9 May 2023, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal formally inaugurated the operationalisation of Sittwe Port, flagging off the maiden Indian cargo vessel — ca…

4. 1 February 2021

   Rakhine and Chin States have been theatres of intensifying conflict since the Myanmar military's coup of , and the Arakan Army has contested control across m…

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India's Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated Sittwe Port on 9 May 2023, receiving a vessel that had carried 1,000 tonnes of cement from Kolkata's Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port days earlier.

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