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The majority of transport assets operating on Sudan’s river ways are owned by the public River Transport Corporation. Their fleet comprises of the following:
| Barge | number |
| Push Tugs: | 16 units 2000 tons/unit capacity |
| Self Propelled Oil Barge: | 1 unit (600 MT/unit capacity) |
| General Cargo Barge: | 76 units (700 MT/unit capacity) |
| Flat Deck Cargo Barge: |
8 units (500 MT/unit capacity) |
| Oil Fleet Barge: | 10 units (500 MT/unit capacity) |
| Passenger vessel: | 4 units (232 passengers/unit capacity) |
A number of private companies operate river services, although these are much smaller than that of the River Transport Corporation. Private companies consist of the following:
| Company | Fleet |
| Garb el Nuer Pusher: | 1 pusher and 1 flattop barge of 400MT |
| El Mugren: | 1 pusher of 100MT and 2 barges totaling 500MT. |
| River Engineering Transport (Meyroue Pusher) |
900MT barge capacity. |
| Jonglei State (Malakal Pusher) | 1 pusher but hire barges. Capacity of 450MT |
| Hussein Rahman Adilan (El Mushir Pusher) |
1 self-propelled flattop barge and fuel tank. 500MT capacity. Hire barges. 1 pusher of 1400 MT. |
| Pushers for Peace barges of 750MT | 6 pushers and 6 barges with capacity of 950MT. 6 flattop barges of 750MT |
| Shankin River Transport (Latjor) | 2 pushers: 1 of 600MT, 1 of 100MT with 2 barges (450MT). |
All companies operate Kosti-Malakal apart from El Mushir Pusher who operates to Kosti, Malakal, Nassir, Juba, and Bentiu.