Port of Yangon

E218963

river port seaport

The Port of Yangon is Myanmar’s principal seaport and trade gateway, handling the majority of the country’s maritime cargo and connecting it to regional and global shipping routes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Port of Yangon canonical	5
Inland Container Depot at Yangon	1
Rangoon was a key Burmese port city at the time	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1965820 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port of Yangon
Context triple: [Yangon, hasPort, Port of Yangon]

A. Port of Singapore
The Port of Singapore is one of the world’s busiest and most important maritime hubs, serving as a major global transshipment and logistics center.
B. Tien Sa Port
Tien Sa Port is a major deep-water seaport in Da Nang, Vietnam, serving as a key hub for cargo shipping and cruise tourism in the central region.
C. Bangkok Port
Bangkok Port is a major seaport and logistics hub serving Thailand’s capital city and central region.
D. Lach Huyen International Gateway Port
Lach Huyen International Gateway Port is a deep-water seaport near Hai Phong, Vietnam, designed as a major international cargo hub capable of accommodating large container vessels and boosting the region’s maritime trade.
E. Mayabunder port
Mayabunder port is a coastal harbor and transport hub on Middle Andaman Island in India’s Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, serving regional passenger and cargo traffic.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port of Yangon
Target entity description: The Port of Yangon is Myanmar’s principal seaport and trade gateway, handling the majority of the country’s maritime cargo and connecting it to regional and global shipping routes.

A. Port of Singapore
The Port of Singapore is one of the world’s busiest and most important maritime hubs, serving as a major global transshipment and logistics center.
B. Tien Sa Port
Tien Sa Port is a major deep-water seaport in Da Nang, Vietnam, serving as a key hub for cargo shipping and cruise tourism in the central region.
C. Bangkok Port
Bangkok Port is a major seaport and logistics hub serving Thailand’s capital city and central region.
D. Lach Huyen International Gateway Port
Lach Huyen International Gateway Port is a deep-water seaport near Hai Phong, Vietnam, designed as a major international cargo hub capable of accommodating large container vessels and boosting the region’s maritime trade.
E. Mayabunder port
Mayabunder port is a coastal harbor and transport hub on Middle Andaman Island in India’s Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, serving regional passenger and cargo traffic.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river port ⓘ seaport ⓘ
connectedTo	Bay of Bengal maritime routes ⓘ Indian Ocean shipping lanes ⓘ linked to: Indo-Pacific sea lanes of communication
connectsTo	global shipping routes ⓘ regional shipping routes ⓘ
country	Myanmar ⓘ
function	trade gateway of Myanmar ⓘ
governedBy	Ministry of Transport and Communications of Myanmar ⓘ
handlesMajorityOf	Myanmar maritime cargo ⓘ
hasBerthType	deep-water berths ⓘ river berths ⓘ
hasCustomsFacility	Myanmar Customs Department offices ⓘ
hasFacility	bulk cargo terminals ⓘ container terminals ⓘ general cargo terminals ⓘ inland container depots ⓘ oil and fuel terminals ⓘ warehouses ⓘ
hasNavigationConstraint	river draft limitations ⓘ tidal restrictions ⓘ
hasSecurity	port security and immigration control ⓘ
isPrincipalSeaportOf	Myanmar ⓘ
linkedBy	rail network of Myanmar ⓘ road network of Myanmar ⓘ
linkedToInlandPort	Inland Container Depot at Yangon ⓘ linked to: Port of Yangon
locatedIn	Yangon ⓘ Yangon Region ⓘ
locatedNear	Gulf of Martaban ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody	Bago River ⓘ Yangon River ⓘ
managedBy	Myanma Port Authority ⓘ
nearbyInfrastructure	Thilawa Special Economic Zone ⓘ Yangon industrial zones ⓘ linked to: Yangon
operator	Myanma Port Authority ⓘ
partOf	Myanmar port system ⓘ
regionServed	Southeast Asia ⓘ
servesCity	Yangon ⓘ
servesIndustry	agricultural exports ⓘ imported consumer goods ⓘ manufacturing exports ⓘ
servesRegion	Lower Myanmar ⓘ linked to: southern Myanmar
strategicImportance	main maritime gateway for Myanmar trade ⓘ
subjectTo	monsoon climate conditions ⓘ
supportsActivity	break-bulk cargo handling ⓘ bulk commodity exports ⓘ container shipping ⓘ import of fuel and machinery ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yangon → hasPort → Port of Yangon ⓘ

Asia-Pacific ports → hasPart → Port of Yangon ⓘ

Yangon Region → hasMajorPort → Port of Yangon ⓘ

Port of Yangon → linkedToInlandPort → Inland Container Depot at Yangon ⓘ

linked to: Port of Yangon

Hlaing River → hasPort → Port of Yangon ⓘ

Yangon River → hasPort → Port of Yangon ⓘ

Battle of Rangoon → portStatus → Rangoon was a key Burmese port city at the time ⓘ