Osman Digna

Located  within the historical town of Suakin (60) km south of port Sudan (19°,07´)N (37°, 20´)E, consisting of (9) berths, (748) meters long with a design capacity of (3) million tons per year .The Passenger Terminal consists of two  halls :one for arrivals and the other for departures, both of them are  equipped with all service facilities required by passengers . Also there is an extra area adjacent to arrivals hall (100.4 M long) dedicated for keeping passenger luggage and controlled by shipping agents.

Equipment and Machinery:

Traffic

 (1)Ships:

A number of (430) livestock ships called at Osman Digna Port in 2013 which is a higher ratio than before i. e. (52.7%) of the total traffic. Also (316) passenger ships called at the port in 2013 (38%) of total traffic and finally (64) general cargo ships were received, a ratio of (7.9%) compared to total traffic in 2013.

Traffic peak was in September where (99) passenger vessels were received (12.1%) of  total traffic. At the same month (53) livestock vessels called at Digna Port ,concurrently, due to Hajj festivals, particularly (Haddye rite).

(2) Passengers:

Total number of passengers in 2013 was (309202) of which (48%) for disembarkation and (52%) for embarkation, a drop of (1.4%) compared to previous year due to the policy of decreasing the number of annual pilgrims by (20%).

(3)Livestock Exports:

Increased by (14.1%) in 2013 compared to 2012 due to successful promotional policies which enabled access to new markets.

(4) Exported and Imported Tons:

Total general cargo (export + import) was (220392) tons in 2013 a drop of (5.3%) compared with 2012.

Type of Ships Called 

at Osman Digna Port in 2013

Livestock vessels ratio was (52.7%) of the total number of calling ships followed by passenger ships (38.8%).

Passenger Ships Traffic 2009-2013