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Port Sudan, Sudan
General Manager of King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam
Mr. Naeem Bin Ibrahim El-Naeem
Founded by the Britishers, Port Sudan was the principal port for carrying out colonial trade in the African region. Presently, it is the main seaport of Sudan, located on the western coastline along the Red Sea. It is close to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum and also another important trade centre, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Port Sudan exports gum, oilseeds, animal hides and skin, senna and the major imports include machines, automobiles, fuel oil and oil products, pesticides and building material such as cement.
The port’s importance grew when an 850 m long oil pipeline was built in 1977 to transfer oil to and from the port and the capital Khartoum. Port Sudan is equipped with all modern facilities however since the region is dry, the port acquires fresh water from the Wadi Arbaat and nearby water plants.
Port Sudan is divided into four zones or areas. These include-
It is the earliest port that has been operational since the early ’90s. It possesses 12 berths or platforms. Its average depth is around 11 meters and it handles general cargo, cement, edible oil and oil products, vehicles and molasses. Its annual capacity is 5 million tonnes.
The North Port has 6 cement silos with 80,000 tons storage capacity. Storage tanks for edible oil with 50,000 tons capacity. Molasses is stored in the biggest tanks with 100,000 tons capacity. The port also has 119 warehouses owned by private trading companies and 25 government-owned warehouses. All equipment is operational but the luffing cranes for moving general cargo need repair.
The port also has efficient equipment such as mobile cranes, shore cranes, tractors, forklifts, reach stackers, quay cranes, tugboats, trailers, fire engines and so on.
Two berths handle cement imports. They are 99 meters long and 9 meters deep. Other two berths measuring 122 m and 6 metres deep deal with livestock that is exported. Refer facility is also available and there has been an increase in the number of reefers crossing through the northern port to around 300 TEUs annually.
The north port also boasts of a multi-purpose terminal that can effectively handle all types of cargo depending on the size of the ship. There is also a general cargo terminal at this port which can handle heavy goods as well. The goods are unloaded from vessels using hooks and cranes and then manually loaded into trucks.
The depth of sea waters in such berths ranges from 9 up to 14 meters, while its total length is 7837 meters. Such berths are provided with modern equipment and installations for cargo handling and stowage, in addition to carrying it from the port, also forklift and other electronic lifts of different types, some of which are of 3.2.15 tons capacity. Moreover, lifts for unloading grains, receiving dock with a length reaching 4000 meters and the sea depth along the dock ranging between 4.5 and 6 meters.
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| Statement | Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Length of Navigational Channel | 14 | Miles |
| Width of Navigational Channel | 400 | Meters |
| Total port area | 181000000 | Square Meters |
| Water Area | 174.160.000 | Square Kilometers |
| Land area | 6.840.000 | Square Kilometers |
| Total area of container yards | 1545000 | Square meters |
| Total area of opened area yards | 2391850 | Square meters |
| Total area of covered storing yards | 181000 | Square meters |
| Tankers area | Not available | Square meters |
As the name suggests, the South Port is situated to the southern side of the Port of Sudan. This port has 6 berths that handle grains, general cargo and goods packed in containers.
The total length of the berths is 740 meters and the depth is around 13 meters. The South port deals with containers, petroleum and oil and grains.
It covers an area of 14,80,000 sq m with an annual cargo capacity of 3 million tonnes. Berth 16 deals with tankers and there are also container berths measuring 430 meters and a depth of 13 m.
Three berths are dedicated to container vessels and one berth has a grain silo with a storage capacity of 50,000 tonnes. The annual storage capacity is 400,000 TEU’s. The port equipment is in good condition. It includes gantry cranes, two harbour cranes, rubber tyred gantries. It also has other modern equipment such as reach stackers, forklifts, trailers and so on.
Recently, developmental activities have taken place at South Port. This has led to the maintenance of berths 17 and 18, which have now been equipped with container cranes, RTG etc to improve the Port’s services and increase its productivity.
A power station has also been built near the port and the area of the container berth has been expanded by 145 meters, and now it is about 430 meters long.
The South Port also has a customs warehouse. Cargo cannot be transported from the port without customs inspection and clearance. The Port Of Sudan doesn’t have reserved custom areas, the exception being the South port which has LCL sheds measuring 6000m2, situated near the container terminal.
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| Statement | Area | |
|---|---|---|
| Length of Navigational Channel | 14 | Miles |
| Width of Navigational Channel | 400 | Meters |
| Total port area | 181000000 | Square Meters |
| Water Area | 174.160.000 | Square Kilometers |
| Land area | 6.840.000 | Square Kilometers |
| Total area of container yards | 1545000 | Square meters |
| Total area of opened area yards | 2391850 | Square meters |
| Total area of covered storing yards | 181000 | Square meters |
| Tankers area | Not available | Square meters |
The Green Port or the Green Harbour rests on the eastern part of Port Sudan. It has a specially designed dock to receive cargo laden vessels. It was built as part of a port extension development plan. Thus, more quays were constructed to aid the growing port operations.
This port takes care of dry bulk cargo, containers and seeds. The construction of the Green Port has significantly expanded the handling capacity of Port Sudan.
The entrance to the Port’s dock spans 180 meters and it has two berths which are 560 meters long and 15 meters deep. The Port’s storage capacity is around 43,5000m2. This port can handle vessels weighing around 50,000 tonnes.
| Maximum Total Designed Capacity For Cargo Handling | 2000000 | Thousand Tons/Year |
| Maximum Total Designed Capacity For Containers Handling (TEU) | 900000 | TEU/Year |
| Largest Received Vessel (According To Its Draft) | 14 | Meters |
| Largest Received Vessel (According To Its Length) | 300 | Meters |
| Container Handling Rate | 2465 | TEU/Day |
| General Cargo Stevedoring Rate | 38356 | Tons/Day |
| Working Hours | 113974 | Hour |
| General Cargo Handled During The Year 2005 | 3850 | Thousand Tons |
| Containerized Handled Cargo During The Year 2005 | 8529 | Thousand Tons |
| Dry Bulk Cargo | 3882 | Thousand Tons |
| Liquid Bulk Cargo | 57 | Thousand Tons |
| Number Of Handled TEU During | 894809 | Thousand Tons/Container |
| Number Of Passengers During 2005 | - | Passengers |
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