Transport in Côte d'Ivoire

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1 Railways
- 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries
2 Highways
3 Waterways
4 Ports and harbors
5 Merchant marine
6 Airports
- 6.1 Airports - with paved runways
- 6.2 Airports - with unpaved runways
7 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km, 1000 mm gauge; 25 km double track (1995 est.)

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

Burkina Faso - yes - 1000 mm
Ghana - no - break of gauge 1000 mm/1067 mm
Liberia - no - break of gauge 1000mm/(1435mm & 1067mm)
Guinea - no - same gauge 1000mm
Mali - no - same gauge 1000mm

[edit] Highways

total: 50,400 km
paved: 4,889 km
unpaved: 45,511 km (1996 est.)

[edit] Waterways

980 km navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons

[edit] Ports and harbors

Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,200 GRT/1,500 DWT
ships by type: petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

36 (1999 est.)

Nouvelle Air Ivoire is the national carrier of Côte d'Ivoire. Recently formed from the failed Air Ivoire, the airline operates an aging fleet of Western-built aircraft. It is owned by Air France and the U.S. Finance company AIG. Air Ivoire was forced to cease operations a number of times due to technical and financial difficulties.

Security/Safety Concerns There is rampant corruption among airport officials in Côte d'Ivoire. Immigration officials have been known to ask for bribes to 'expedite' processing the forms, or to offer to fill out the customs forms prior to demanding a 'fee' for doing so. The anti-French sentiment, peaking in early 2003, spilled over onto airports when 1,500 French nationals were trapped in Abidjan's airport by an anti-French mob.