Sudan Sea Ports Authority
The Sea Ports Authority is the independent government institution responsible for the governance of sea ports in Sudan and their establishment and maintenance, including quays, ports and lighthouses. The Authority was established in 1974 to be the national port operator and the country's official port authority.
The Authority manages Sudan's main port in the city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea, consisting of three ports: the Northern Port, which handles petroleum products, containers and bulk grains, the Southern Port, which handles edible oils, molasses and cement, and the Green Port on the eastern side, which handles dry bulk cargo, seeds and containers. The Authority also manages the Al-Khair Petroleum Terminal, whose construction was completed in Port Sudan in 2003, and Prince Osman Digna Port in Suakin with its three berths for receiving cargo and passenger ships, and its liquefied petroleum gas terminal, and passenger ships are operated from it to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The roots of Sudanese ports go back to the ancient port of Suakin, which was the country's main port for centuries, with its old Ottoman coral buildings and pilgrims' crossing. With the growth of maritime traffic, the British administration decided to establish a deeper port at Marsa Sheikh Barghout north of Suakin, so construction of Port Sudan began in 1905, and the port was operating by 1906, and was opened to world trade in 1909. By the end of that year, government spending on the city and port works amounted to 914,320 Egyptian pounds, and the value of imports and exports through it in 1908 was estimated at about 750 thousand pounds sterling, while Suakin continued to handle 63% of the country's total imports in 1909 before activity gradually shifted to Port Sudan.
(Sources: Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Marine Insight website, Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 edition, Academic study in Al-Qalzam Journal, Academic book via OpenEdition platform)
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