Sudan’s Sea Ports Authority signed a final build-operate-transfer contract on 8 November with Suakin Petroleum for a dedicated liquefied gas berth and storage at Suakin port on the Red Sea. The berth, 12 metres deep, will take carriers of up to 5,000 tonnes and feed 28,000 tonnes of storage; construction is to take 24 months, and the value was not disclosed. Suakin Petroleum, a venture of Turkey’s R Gas and Sudan’s Petrodar, proposed the project in October 2025 and later signed a memorandum of understanding. The berth would give Sudan a strategic gas reserve and a hub to supply its states and neighbours by truck and rail, but building it depends on private money during the war.
Sources
- Sudan Tribune (Arabic): https://sudantribune.net/article/321018
- Atheer News (Arabic): https://www.atheernews.net/226897/