Transportation in Morocco (original) (raw)

Railways:
_total:_1,907 km
_standard gauge:_1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified; 540 km double track)

Link to Spain via undersea tunnel making waves in 2004. Link to Algeria, does one exist?

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

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 : Morocco