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REPUBLIC OF SUDANMINISTRY OF ROADS & TRANSPORT

SEA PORTS CORPORATION

7th PAPC Conference 2008,PMAESA Council & IAPH Africa-Europe Group MEETING

15-19 December 2008Djibouti

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By:KAMAL ELDIN M.A.MANSOUR

D. General Manager for Planning & Development

DEC. 2008

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Introduction: Sudan is an Afro-Arab country with a population of (35) million. It has

area of (2.5) million square kilometers,(750) km coast on the Red Sea and (9) neighboring countries. It is multi-lingual, multi-national and

multi-racial. Located in the centre of Africa continent.

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Sea Ports Corporation (SPC) is the Sudanese Ports Authority under the auspices of the Ministry Of Roads &Transport; It is responsible for construction, maintenance and operation of the Sudanese Ports. The chain of ports / terminals under SPC responsibilities are:

1.Port Sudan port consisting of the following ports : A. North Port (General cargo). B. South Port (Container terminal). C Green Port (Bulk cargo). D. Elkhair Port (Dama Dama) (Oil Terminal (Gas, refined oil).

2.Osman Digna Port(Suakin) (General cargo, passenger terminal, livestock). Oseif Port (Not operated).

4. El-Shaheed El-Zebeir River Port(Wadi Halfa) (Passenger, general cargo).

5.Kosti Dry Port (Kosti).

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1. Port Sudan: It is located at Red Sea Coast, (850) km north – east of Khartoum, the

capital of Sudan. The Port comprises of the following terminals :

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A : North Port:Dedicated for general cargo, bulk, edible oil, molasses and vehicles with annual throughput of (8) million tons .It has (15) berths with drafts ranging from (8) m to (10.5)m.The terminal operational facilities are :

- (5) Cement silos with a total storage capacity of (90.000) tons. - Grain silo with (50.000) tons capacity. - Edible oil tanks with (60.000) tons capacity. - Molasses storage tanks with (100.000) tons capacity. - (120) private owned warehouses, and (25) port owned warehouses. - Fully equipped with handling equipment as mobile cranes(20-60)ton ,harbour cranes (65)ton,tracters,trallers,forklifts trukes(3-35)ton,(39) quay

cranes(6)ton and tugboats launches common for all ports .

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B. SOUTH PORT :Has (3) berths for container ships and a separate berth for the Grain Silo with (50000) tons storage capacity. The annual capacity is (400.000) TEUs and the terminal is equipped with :

- Four ship to shore gantry cranes (SSG).

- Two mobile harbour cranes.

- Eleven rubber tyred gantries (RTG).

- Adequate number of modern container handling equipment including reach stakers, forklifts, chassis, trailers and tractors .harbour cranes.

- Total length is about 600m,and draft of 11-12.2m.

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C. EL KHAIR OIL TERMINAL :

Draft of (14.2)m dolphin type terminal for handling of Gas and refined oil products with an annual capacity of (2) million tons .

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D. Green Port:

It is a new port for multi-purposes. It consists of (4) berths with a total length (1200)m & (14.2)m

draft.The storage area available behind the berths is about (650.000)sq.m.

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2 .Suakin (Osman Digna) Port:

It is located (60) km to the south of Port Sudan with (8) specialized berths dedicated to passengers ,general cargo, livestock, asphalt, cement with a (25000) ton silo capacity.

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3 .Osaief Port:It is small wharf for exporting Iron Ore and is located some (260)km north of Port Sudan, now not operated.

4 .Wadi Halfa:A river port on the Nile River on the Sudanese – Egyptian boarder serving mainly passengers and trade between the two countries.

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5 .Kosti Dry Port :

Kosti Dry Port is a logistic depot ,located (400) km south of Khartoum, and near the Kosti River Port. It is meant to serve the southern and western parts of Sudan.

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In 1974 the port of Sudan separated from Railways and became an autonomous body under the Ministry of Transport. It is responsible for development, construction and operation of the Sudanese ports. The Port Authority prepares forthcoming plans & operational strategies for the development of the ports to cope with development in Maritime Industry. In addition, it faces the political, and economic challenges (internally & externally) especially regarding the requirements of WTO ,COMESA…etc. It also concerned with the discover and exploitation of Sudanese oil and the development after the Peace Agreements in Sudan. The most important development stages are mentioned below:

Port Development Stages:1.From (1977 – 1995): This time period consisted of two stages, these stages were influenced

by the World Bank Fund and the International Economic Institutions Strategies and Financing .They aimed at raising the Port throughput from (2.5) million tons to (5.5) million tons in the first stage and from (5.5) m tons to (8.5) m tons in the second stage.

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2. From (1995 Till Now):

During this period the development focused on the container terminal, SPC synchronized the terminal infrastructures and services with the international

practices and approaches through development strategy plan as follows: 1. Rehabilitation of berth 17/18 and increasing the length of the berth from

(178)m to (420)m. 2. Purchase of(4) Gantry cranes and (11) Rubber Tyred Gantries (RTG) .

3. Increasing of storage areas from( 450.000)sq.m to (1.300.000)sq.m. 4. Construction of multi-purposes births terminal (Green port stages 1&2).

5. Introduction of a Container Terminal Information System (CTIS). 6. construction of new container terminal,( will be completed by June 2009). 7. Dredging port Sudan and Suakin (6) million cubic meters for berths and

entrance channel. 8. Purchase of(4) additional Gantry crane and (8) Rubber Tyred Gantries

(RTG) (1st stage).

9. Re-structuring and management services.

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Since year 2000 the following projects are executed :

1. A Container Terminal Information System (CTIS):

An Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and management assistance was introduced in 2003 & 2004 in co-operation with (Germany).

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2. Green Port Stages 1&2: It includes dredging and construction of (4) berths of multi-purpose cargo with a total length of (1200)m & (14.2) draft and (450.000) sq.m of reclaimed stacking area, project completed in (2006).

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3. New Container Berths Project: This project consists of two container berths with a total length

of (791m) and (16m) depth, fully equipped with ship-to-shore cranes, RTGs, Container Handling Equipments and a stacking area of (200.000)sq.m. The project started in June 2006 and will be completed in 2010.The project is aimed to coping with the rapidly growing container traffic in the Port Sudan.

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4. Re-structuring and management services :

Since 2003 S.P.C adopted a re-structuring strategy plan to develop the operational performances and efficiency of the Sudanese ports. As a result in July 2005 the S.P.C and HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH signed a service contract for preparing a strategy plan for the Future Container Terminal in Port Sudan. The consultant’s proposal ,which is an elementary part of the service contract, outlines the work programme and approach for the implementation of the strategy plan for both the container terminals by the following :

1.Establishing an immediate plan for the development of the operational performance of the container terminal ,included Information Technology system( IT) .

2. Involvement of the private sector with regard to all operative activities in the port.

3.Re-structiring the Sudanese ports.

As a result of these recommendations ,the S.P.C authority has authorized HPC to implement a re-structuring program to establish a (LANDLORD AUTHORITY) and a privatization program. At the same time there is a program for the development of the operational performances and efficiency of the container terminal by management contract services.

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Future Development Plan:

The future projects include: 1 -Construction of container terminal (Suakin).

2- Livestock Terminal (Marsa Elshaikh Ebrahim).

3- In-land container terminal (6.000.000) cubic meters (Asotreba – Port Sudan).

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1. Construction of container terminal (Suakin): SPC is preparing study for the Osman Digna Port to become a modern Port,

with (12-15) berths for container handling, general cargo and bulk, in addition to a special berth for tourism.

The dredging work is started , and the construction of the first stage (2 berths) will start in 2009.

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2. Livestock Terminal (Marsa Elshaikh Ebrahim):

S.P.C has a program for constructing a special port for livestock and fish export about 30 km south of Suakin Port. It is expected the start of construction will take place in 2010.

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3. In-land container terminal:

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Port Statistics (2003-2007):

SHIPS CALLED PORT SUDAN ( 2003-2007)

Year20032004200520062007

Ships12161379151212341014

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400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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Port Statistics (2003-2007): Containers Traffic Handling (TEUS)

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20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

180000

200000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

FULL EMPTY

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Total Handled Tonnage (2003-2007) (North Port):

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1000000

2000000

3000000

4000000

5000000

6000000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

IMPORTS EXPORTS

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