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A delegation from Sudan’s Red Sea State visited Russia’s Bronka port in St Petersburg on October 24, according to the Arabic-language report published by Sudan News Agency (SUNA) that day. SUNA’s English-language account appeared on October 25. The delegation reviewed port operations and facilities as part of efforts to exchange operational knowledge between Russian and Sudanese ports. The report describes a visit and cooperation framework; it does not announce a port construction contract or a funded project.
The delegation was led by Red Sea State Wali Lt. Gen. Mustafa Mohamed Nour. SUNA said it included the Director General of the Sea Ports Corporation, the director of Red Sea University, the director of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company and the chairman of the state employers’ union. Sea Ports Corporation Director General Jailani Mohamed Jailani said Bronka is a modern port with several logistics activities. Its facilities include a container terminal, a general-cargo terminal and a dedicated dry-bulk terminal.
During the visit, Sudanese officials examined the port’s operations and management mechanisms on site. Jailani said the review offered an opportunity to learn directly from Russian port experience and consider which relevant practices could improve operational performance and efficiency at Sudanese seaports. The agency did not identify specific operating procedures that Sudan plans to adopt, name a technical assistance programme, or set a timetable for implementation.
The visit followed a twinning agreement signed on October 23 at the St Petersburg city government headquarters by the Red Sea State wali and the governor of St Petersburg. According to SUNA, the agreement provides a framework for advancing economic and trade cooperation and a strategic partnership in infrastructure. The areas named include ports, roads, airports and healthcare institutions. It also envisages promoting investment and technical cooperation in mining, agriculture, tourism, health and education.
SUNA reported that the Russian side welcomed the port visit and expressed readiness to cooperate and exchange knowledge with Sudanese ports. The source account does not describe a binding investment commitment, expenditure, construction schedule, cargo-volume target, or named financing arrangement. The twinning document and the operational visit are related diplomatic and institutional steps, but the published report does not say that the agreement itself awards work or guarantees a particular commercial outcome.
Bronka is in St Petersburg, while the Sudanese counterpart named in the agreement is Port Sudan, the country’s principal seaport on the Red Sea. The report presents port management and logistics as possible areas for knowledge exchange, but it provides no comparative performance measures for either port. It also does not specify whether the next step will be training, staff exchanges, feasibility work or procurement. These details remain unreported, so the development should be understood as a cooperation initiative rather than evidence that Sudanese port capacity has already changed.