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Transportation in Morocco

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Railways


total: 1,907 km
standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified; 540 km double track)

Railway company: l'Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) [1].

Railway links to adjacent countries

  • Spain - proposal via undersea tunnel making waves in 2004.
  • Algeria - does one exist?


Highways


total: 57,847 km
paved: 30,254 km (including 327 km of expressways)
unpaved: 27,593 km (1998 est.)

Pipelines

crude oil 362 km; petroleum products 491 km (abandoned); natural gas 241 km

Ports and harbors

Agadir, El Jadida, Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar , Kenitra, Mohammedia, Nador, Rabat, Safi, Tangier; also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla

Merchant marine


total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 218,987 GRT/263,191 DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, chemical tanker 6, container 3, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 9, roll-on/roll-off 8, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

70 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways


total: 26
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways


total: 44
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 22
under 914 m: 11 (1999 est.)

Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

See Also

Last updated: 05-07-2005 02:20:17
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04