Hi James and Anna,
These are the costs that you should pay (beware: if you go along with Mohammed Abouda you will most certainly have to pay more; Kamal is a better option):
car (normal 4x4): 2,012 LE
passenger: 283 LE
dep. tax: 40 LE
tasrih (permit for each! visit to the port): 10 LE
verification from traffic court: 5 LE
stamp before passport control: 2 LE
another stamp at last counter before entering ship: 4 LE
search of car by customs officer: should be free of charge (Moh'd Abouda took 20 LE from each car!)
tips / bribes to customs officer and port workers, also called "services": around 100 LE (Moh'd Abouda extorted 300 LE!!)
fixer: 30 US-Dollars (you might want to pay a little more if the service is exclusively for you and not for a group of several vehicles; Kamal drove me back and forth from hotel to port three times)
Greetings from Khartoum
Achim
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