Transportation in the Arab League

Transportation in the Arab League

Transportation in the Arab League is considered fairly inequipped, Transportational infrastructure has been growing slowly.

Highways

Regional highways

There are Several Cross-Arab State roads, Crossing the Arab World from its farthest point in the west in Mauritania, to its eastern farthest point in Oman.The Arab States are connected with a Massive Road and Highways that Cross Its Deserts, Mountains and Forests, The most developed State with High Road Infrastructure is UAE, Followed by Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan and Egypt, while countries such as Sudan, Libya, Mauritania, Somalia and Yemen seem to have a lot of Building to do.

Railways

Souk Ahras-Ghardimaou line already connect Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia with each others, but Morocco and Algeria have closed the line due to Increased Tensions. while Libya, Egypt and Sudan are not connected to each other, in the Asian part, almost all Arab states have been connected by railroads, except the Gulf States.

Perhaps the Most developed Railways connecting Arab States can be found between Iraq and Syria, with the Iraqi Republic Railways which runs through Syria to Turkey.New underway projects to develop the Arab-Rail Lines have been under construction, Linking South Egyptian City of Abu Simbel with North Sudanese City of Wadi Halfa

Proposed Railways

*In October 2007 French company Alstom announced it would supply 18 TGV Duplex trains to ONCF in 2008. The trains will run at 320 km/h between Tanger, Rabat and Casablanca

*There are long term projects to re-open the Palestine Railway with Egypt.

*Reviving the Railway Lines of Hijaz between Medina and Mecca to Damascus, crossing Jordan.

*A line will be constructed in the first instance from Juba southwards along the White Nile to connect with the Ugandan system at Pakwach.

*the Gulf Train Line will run through Kuwait City, Damman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and end in Muscat, other plans of reaching it to Manama and Doha are under study.

Waterways

Pipelines

Ports and harbors

Atlantic Ocean

*Bogue
*Kaedi
*Nouadhibou
*Nouakchott
*Rosso

Indian Ocean

*Fomboni
*Moroni
*Moutsamoudou

*Bender Cassim
*Berbera
*Chisimayu
*Merca
*Mogadishu

Persian Gulf

*Manama
*Mina
*Salman
*Sitrah

*Ash Shu'aybah
*Ash Shuwaykh
*Kuwait
*Port 'Abd Allah
*Port al Ahmadi
*Port Su'ud

*Umm Qasr
*Khawr az Zubayr
*Al Basrah

*Dammam
*Jubail
*Ras Tanura
*Khafji
*Khobar

*Al Wajajah
*Matrah
*Mina al Fahal
*Sohar

*Doha
*Halul Island
*Umm Sa'id

*Ajman
*Fujairah
*Das Island
*Khawr Fakkan
*Mina' Jabal 'Ali
*Mina' Khalid
*Port Rashid
*Mina' Saqr
*Mina' Zayid
*Umm al-Qaiwain

Arabian Sea

*Duqm
*Mina' Raysut

*Aden
*Al Mukalla

Mediterranean Sea

*Algiers
*Annaba
*Arzew
*Bejaia
*Beni Saf
*Dellys
*Djendjene
*Ghazaouvet
*Jijel
*Mostaganem
*Oran
*Skikda
*Ténès

*Alexandria Port - Port Authority
*Port Said Port - Port Authority
*Damietta Port - Port Authority
*Marsa Matruh

*Beirut
*Chekka
*Jounieh

* Al Khums
* Benghazi
* Darnah
* Marsa al Burayqah
* Misratah
* Ra's Lanuf
* Tobruk
* Tripoli
* Zuwarah

*Gaza

*Bizerte
*Gabès
*La Goulette
*Sfax
*Sousse
*Zarzis

*Baniyas
*Jablah
*Latakia
*Tartus

Red Sea

*Suez Port
*Petroleum Dock Port
*Adabieh Port
*Sokhna Port
*Hurghada Port
*Safaga Port
*Noueibah Port
*Al-Tour Port
*Sharm El-Sheikh Port

*Djibouti

*Aqaba

*Jeddah
*Yanbu' al Bahr
*Duba
*Rabigh
*Jizan
*Farasan (city)

*Port Sudan
*Sawakin

*Al Hudaydah
*As Salif
*Mocha
*Nishtun

Merchant marine

* bulk: 46
* cargo: 260 (120 Syria)
* roll-on/roll-off: 46
* container: 34

* liquified gas: 19
* Chemical tanker ships 22
* petroleum tanker: 111
* Specialized tanker ships 2
* Combination ore/oil 2
* Refrigerated cargo 6

* livestock carrier: 13
* passenger: 81
* short-sea passenger: 9
* Foreign Owned 25

Airports

Airports with paved runways

Airports with unpaved runways

Heliports


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