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Transportation
The first railway line was constructed in 1875, be-
tween Wadi Halfa and Umbacall. The network was
then developed throughout the 20th century to reach
Khartoum, Port Sudan and other important cities.
The railway began as a government department and
all the jobs in the head quarters and the outer sec-
tions before the independence were held by militar-
ies. In 1902 civilians began to hold jobs of station
masters.
In the year 1967 the railway was transformed to
a public corporation under the management of a
General Manager under supervision of a Board of
Directors and in 1981, the president of the Republic
issued a republican resolution stating the transfer of
the Railway’s headquarters to Khartoum and giving
wide powers to the regional managers.
The railway had been the main mode of transport in
Sudan and had transported more than 90% of the
import and export traffic of the country. It still plays
a greater role in the transportation of the strategic
traffic and in the execution of the huge development
projects notably in petroleum exploration and exploi-
tation.
Sudan Railways Corporation is one of the longest
railways in Africa. The existing railway network has a
length of 4,578 km. The railway track is composed of
a single line of 1,067 mm gage. Currently, only about
3,450 km of railway are in operation. Several lines,
such as the line Haya- Kassala – Gadareff – Sennar
of about 800 km, have not been in operation for more
than 7 years.
The Khartoum-Port Sudan line is the main route in
the railway network as it carries most of the freight
traffic.
The Northern railway lines are 819 km long. From
Atbara to Wadi Halfa the line is 594 km long, and
Karima to Abu Hamed is about 225 km long. The
Khartoum-Sennar-El Obeid line is 1,200 km long. It
is considered as an extension to the main route i.e.
Port Sudan –Khartoum.
SRC owns at present 130 mainline locomotives, 54
shunting locomotives, 4187 freight wagons, 910 tank
wagons and 167 passenger coaches.
Main workshops for heavy repairs of rolling stock,
signaling and telecommunications equipment are
concentrated in Atbara. The city also accommodates
a workshop for wagons’ rehabilitation and mainte-
nance, in addition to the other two subsidiary ones
in Khartoum and Port Sudan.
SUDAN SHIPPING LINE
Nawrani Y. Dafalla
Director General
P.O.Box 1731, Khartoum, Sudan
Tel: + 249 183 786267 / 786268
Fax: + 249 183 781675
nawrani@sudanlines.net
sudanline-Kh@sudanlines.net
sudanline-PS@sudanlines.net
Activity: transport
Date of Creation: 1962
Ownership: public
Since 1962 Sudan Shipping Line Co Ltd is a pioneer
and ancient shipping company in the whole area
of Africa and Middle East. Sudan Shipping Line is
a ship owners company and a sole national carrier
of Sudan, renders efficiently a comprehensive pack-
age of shipping services of high quality performance
based on an excellent experience in sea freight, ship
agency, stevedoring and clearance & forwarding ser-
vices gained during four and a half decades of non-
stop existence and continuation.
An affiliate companies owned by Sudan Shipping
Line are supporting the fleet and specialized in ship
agency, stevedoring, clearance & freight forwarding
services.
- Lines Shipping Agency (LSACO)
- Lines stevedoring co (LSCO)
- Lines clearance & forwarding co (LCF)
The in-house services are packed up by regional of-
fices well established and allocated in a geographi-
cal way to serve the policy of the company, in Ant-
werp - Belgium, Dubai - UAE , Jeddah - KSA, Suez
- Egypt.
The main features of SSL are as follows:
- Providing efficient shipping services for Exports
and Imports mostly for 46 years. Established a
national commercial fleet hosting the flag of Sudan
overseas.
- Contributing in improvement and development of
maritime industry and other handling services in
Sudan.
- Establishing a data base for a national maritime
industry.
- Carrying out training tasks in shipping activities for
Sudanese nationals.
- Renewal and restructuring programs is a top
requirement which focus on building modern
vessels of suitable tonnage , having the latest