Transportation in Morocco

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.)