The VIC-MED project’s principal objective is to develop a sustainable transport link between the Nile Basin countries which will accordingly; a) Promote economic integration among the Nile Basin countries through trade movements, and cheaper and cleaner transport means for goods and people, b) Ultimately build a development corridor on the Nile River, c) Serve the Nile Basin countries that have no access to the seas and oceans, and d) Reduce poverty among the Nile Basin countries.