Tunisia: Fast-growing infrastructure
2012/02/07
Fast-growing infrastructure
- There is an extensive 20,000 km paved roads network and 360 km of freeways.
- There are 2,167 kilometers of railways. Tunisian railroads carry 2.1 billion tons-km of merchandise and 39.2 million passengers every year.
- Seven commercial ports in Tunis: Bizerte, Rades, Sousse, Sfax, Gabes, Zarzis and an oil terminal in Skhira.
- The construction of a port in deep water to Enfidha is in progress.
- Ports are entirely installed and equipped for docking and processing car ferries, cruise ships, roll-on/roll-off ships, container ships, bulk carriers and oil tankers. They can handle any kind of freight quickly, inexpensivesly and safely.
- Tunisia's ports welcome approximately 7,600 ships per year carrying 30 million tons of merchandise.
Frequency of regularly-scheduled shipping lines for transport of merchandise (Port of Rades) Sailings/week |
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Merchant Marine and Ports Office, 2011 |
Quality of infrastructure (1= underdevelopped , 7 = as developped as the world's best) |
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Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, Davos World Economic Forum
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- 9 international airports: Tunis, Monastir, Jerba, Tabarka, Tozeur, Enfidha, Gabes, Sfax and Gafsa.
- 138 foreign airlines:
- 2.040 weekly flights to and from Europe.
- The airport capacity is:
- 19.050 million passengers.
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Office of Civil Aviation and Airports, OACA , 2011 |
“The proximity of Europe and the transport means allow for a flexible delivery and even a just-in-time production''H. Baumgartner, Kaschke
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