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Overview

Grant for purchase of new trains

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$42,668,090
Commitment Year•2000Country of Activity•SudanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SudanSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 20, 2000

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC)

Receiving agencies

State-owned companies

  • Sudan Railway Corporation (SRC)

Loan desecription

Grant for purchase of new trains

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On Deceber 20, 2000, an agreement was signed between the Sudan Railway Corporation (SRC) and the China CMEC company in the Martyr Hall in Khartoum to give the SRC a grant of 18 million USD for purchasing four light and four heavy train cars. The agreement was signed on behalf of the SRC by the director general of the corporation, Engineer Umar Muhammad, and Mr Huang Tiang on behalf of the China CMEC company. The signing ceremony was witnessed by the state minister for transport, Hasan Musa Hajj al-Safi. The amount was projected to be increased to 40 million USD in the near future. The current status and start and end dates are unknown.