Port Sudan, Oseif, Wadi Halfa, Osman Digna
Port Sudan (Sudanese foreign trade) Prince Osman Digna
Syllabous
Academic Programs
Ports of Sudan
The largest ports of Sudan are:
Port Sudan Sea Port
Prince Osman Digna Sea Port (Swakin)
Oseif Sea Port
River port in Wadi halfa (Wadi Halfa Port)
Institution: Sea Ports Corporation.
Port Sudan
Port Sudan is the largest
marine port of Sudan.
Port Sudan handles the majority of the Sudanese foreign trade
An alternative to the Port of Djibouti (for the Ethiopian international trade)
Main import-export products of Port Sudan:
Petroleum Products, Cars, Pesticides, Cement, Wheat, and livestock
Eleven specialized berths
North Quay: general cargo
South Quay: ro-ro and Containers
Green Port: bulk cargoes, dry bulk, seeds, and containers handling
Location of Port Sudan: Red Sea
Distance from Port Sudan to Khartoum by Road : 1,200 kilometers
Distance to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia ) by sea: 260 kilometers
Deep Coral free channel
Petroleum refinery (850-kilometer pipeline to Khartoum)
International
airport
Ferry terminal to Jeddah
Near 90% of the population of Port Sudan depends on the port activities
The main cities near the Port of Sudan: Suakin, Sinkat, Haya, Kassala , Arbara, Ab Damar, Ondurman, Khartou, Wad Madani, Al Goled, Dongola,
El-Obeid , Al Fashir, and El Daein
Ports of Bashayr 1 and Bashayr 2
Located at 25 kilometers of Port Sudan (South)
Managed by the Greater Nile Operating Company and Petrodar Operating Company
Trans-African Roads :
Cairo-Gaborone Logistics Corridor
N’Djamena-Djibouti Logistics Corridor
African Regional Economic Communities:
IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Tripartite agreement (COMESA-EAC-SADC )
CEN-SAD
More information about Sudan (EENI African Business Portal) .
Transport and Logistics in Sudan
Mohamed Ibrahim
Osama Abdul Latif
(c) EENI Global Business School (1995-2024)
Top of this page