Sudan Development Program - South Sudan inaugurates modern river port in Juba

South Sudan inaugurates modern river port in Juba (28/08/07) The Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has inaugurated the first River Port in Juba on the western bank of the River Nile. He officially declared the River Port open with effect from August.

		The Port was constructed by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as part of the Japanese government’s projects offered towards the development of Southern Sudan. JICA is responsible for implementing technical cooperation programs of Japan’s official development assistance. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the River Port, GoSS Vice-President, Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon, said the Port would benefit not only the GoSS capital, Juba, and Central Equatoria state but also Western and Eastern Equatoria states.
He pointed out that the use of the first River Port in the Greater Equatoria region would contribute to the change of lives for the better. Machar noted that the region had been neglected in the past and could not benefit from regular movement of river transport from Kosti because of its past lack of River Port. He expressed his appreciation to the Japanese government for the project, and hoped for similar achievements by the Japanese government in other areas of development in Southern Sudan. The construction of the Juba River Port cost US$2.5 million and has the capacity of 380kw of electricity. Source: Sudan Tribune

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