The shipyard construction was started in 1964 and completed in 1969. Board of Sinmalike Dockyard Administration for Union of Burma was established in 1970 , to operate it as a ship repair yard for government owned vessels.
In 1972, it was first reformed as the Burma Dockyards Corporation (BDC).
From 1976, the Burma Dockyards Corporation was mandated to operate commercially serving both the public and private sectors.
The Government decided to reconstitute the Burma Dockyards Corporation (BDC) and Myanma Shipyards (MS) was formed as an enterprise on 31st March, 1989.
Myanma Shipyards has been capable of handling to repair the various types of ocean going vessel of up to 12000 dwt since early 2005.
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