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Port of Port Sudan (Sudan) - Sudan Sea Ports Corporation (ID: 12315)
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Sudan Sea Ports Corporation In 1974 Sea Ports Corporation (S.P.C.) was established as an independent Sudanese Maritime Body responsible for construction, development and maintenance of ports, harbours and lighthouses in order to provide efficient services. ORGANISATION CHART A board of directors consist of 12 members at Khartoum in addition to the chairman, set up the public policy where the general manager remains as a member of the board and runs the day to day port activities at Port Sudan in assistance with 4 professional deputies and 13 general directories. WORKING PORTS Port Sudan It is divided to two sides. The North quays for handling general cargo, edible oil and molasses through 11 berths with total length of 1663 meters and depths around 8.7 to 10.7 meters. The other side is the South quays which are allocated for container handling, petroleum and grain bulk. It consist of 4 berths and extends to 733 meters where depth indicates 10.7 up to 12.6 meters. Port of Digna It is located at Suakin and situated 60 K South of Port Sudan to serve coastal andpassenger and livestock ships beside tourist yachts. There are 4 berths of 495 meters long and 9 meters dep plus LPG terminal in addition to a service berth 67 meters long. Oseif Harbour Located 260 K North of Port Sudan and rehabilitated in 1993 and consist of one berth 62 meters long and 12.3 meters deep for expected iron ore export beside other natural recources such as manganese and jipsum around the port area. Elshaheed Elzebier Harbour ( Waddi Halfa) At the Northern state to serve the trade and passenger traffic to Egypt through the river Nile PORT HANDLING EQUIPMENT More than 300 units of port handling equipment are available. Major equipment such as 3 Gantry cranes and 7 R.T.G. beside 35 quay cranes, other Mobile cranes, forklifts, Ro/Ro trailers and tugboat are under daily service. CONTAINER TRAFFIC Container Terminal at South quay is highly equipped and up dated for handling. Meanwhile a progressive handling of F.C.L., L.C.L. and empty containers refer to positive results according to port operational analysis. GENERAL INFORMATION Port Sudan is situated on latitude 19 13 East on the middle of Red Sea coast. Local time G.M.T. plus (3) hours. Port of Digna at Suakin is located on latitude 19 07 North- longitude 37 20 East (South of Port Sudan). On latitude 21 45 North and longitude 36 54 East Oseif Harbour is located (North of Port Sudan) Capacity of ports in Sudan is 8 million tons and expected to reach the limit of 11 million tons according to S.P.C. Port Planning. The port of Digna receives a total capacity of 1.5 million tons till now where port can be developed in extra berths according to the master plan later in future. Tawarit anchorage out of Port Sudan accommodates 10 to 12 ships and depths indicates 80M. Supply of drinking water for ships at Port Sudan is secured by S.P.C. beside other provisions. The only manned lighthouse is Sanganeb Northeast where other 34 automatic light beacon serve sea going on Red Sea and owned by S.P.C. Pilotage is compulsory. Towage 6 tug boats of 1600 HP - 2200 HP are on service. Port activities run opun three shifts around the day. 27 warehouse are owned by S.P.C. at Port Sudan totaling 5800m3 Open storage areas of Port Sudan are 516.000m2 On Port of Digna 14400m2 are located for storage areas while 27000m2 remain for emergencies. A warehouse at P.O. Digna is located for cargo & passenger service beside a passenger hall. MARITIME RELATIONS S.P.C. is a full member of both regional and international maritime societies for more cooperation in technical and professional aspects to cope with the rapid port operational systems. THE UNDERGOING PROJECTS Construction of Dama Dama Oil Terminal for exporting oil products with depth 14.5 meters. Construction of Green Port for handling bulk. Purchasing of various handling equipment to raise the overall capacity and handling capacity. Resurfacing of port storage areas (Container Terminal) at South quays. Reviewing of port operations efficiency and port tariff and costing system. Set up of a long term plan for port development up to 2020. Rehabilitation of Port Sudan main quay crane - phase 2. IMPORTS & EXPORTS ( GENERAL CARGO) 1995 up to 2001. Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Export 849.070 620.846 610.109 682.006 873.383 540.485 411.447 Import 2.585.373 2.759.129 2.907.662 3.197.560 3.386.779 2.073.485 2.605.647 Total 3.434.443 3.379.975 3.517.771 3.879.566 4.260.162 2.613.970 3.017.094 DIRECTORY Chairman's office ( Khartoum) Tel : 00-249-11-779114-779343 Fax : 00-249-11-779338 P.O. Box : 2534 General Manager's Office ( Khartoum) Tel : 00-249-11-775869 Fax : 00-294-11-779349 P.O. Box : 2534 General Manager's Office ( Port Sudan) Tel : 00-294-311-22061 Fax : 00-249-311-22258 P.O. Box : 531 E-mail : Spcp@ Sudanmail.net It is divided to two sides. The North quays for handling general cargo, edible oil and molasses through 11 berths with total length of 1663 meters. Port of Port Sudan (Sudan) - Sudan Sea Ports Corporation