Concept Project Information Document (PID) - Transport Sector Development Project - P177538 (English)

Sudan has a Sahelian belt with the desert in the far north, fertile land in the Nile valleys and across the rest of the country for farming and livestock herding. [...] Over the years, navigation was restricted to between Kosti and Juba, which also ceased after the outbreak of the civil war in the south and after the secession of South Sudan. [...] The management and development of the IWT sector in Sudan is the responsibility of the River Navigation Department under the supervision of the Ministry of Transport. [...] The main maritime gateway is located at Port Sudan in the city of Port Sudan and is the main seaport of the country. [...] The port of Port Sudan was established in 1910 and occupies a strategic location in the center of the west coast of the Red Sea approximately 260km south west of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.