# Port Sudan (SD PZU)

**UN/LOCODE:** SD PZU  
**Country:** Sudan  
**Water Body:** Red Sea; Indian Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 19.6000, 37.2333

Around 320,000 TEU passed through Port Sudan (SD PZU) on the Red Sea in 2021, and the port handles almost all of Sudan's seaborne trade — the country has no second deep-water port of comparable weight. It is split into several sections: a South Port with the container terminal (around six berths, roughly 400,000 TEU of yard capacity), berths for grain and general cargo, a northern area for bulk, and the separate Bashayer terminal for Sudanese and South Sudanese crude-oil exports. Principal cargoes are containers, petroleum products, grain and general breakbulk. Inland distribution relies on road and the rail corridor toward Khartoum, though the network is considered fragile. Crucially for planning: since the civil war that began in 2023, throughput, capacity and customs processing have been volatile and at times restricted, so confirm current status before booking. For contingency or transhipment, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) across the Red Sea and Djibouti are the practical alternatives, while customs is administered by the Sudanese customs authority.

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