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Logistics and Transportation in Ethiopia

Port of Djibouti (Ethiopian exports). Awasha-Hara Gebeya Railway

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (East Africa) is a landlocked country.

The main port for the Ethiopian exports is the Port of Djibouti (Djibouti)

Logistics: Port of Djibouti

  1. Container, cattle and oil terminal
  2. Car storage
  3. Ethio-Djibouti Railway
  4. Distance from Addis Ababa to Djibouti: 855 kilometres (12 hours)

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - Port of Djibouti

Other ports for the Ethiopian exports are:

  1. Port of Mombasa (The largest port in East Africa)
  2. Addis Ababa - Nairobi (Kenya) Road
  3. Port Sudan

Logistics: Port of Mombasa, Kenya. Gateway to Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Tanzania

The main Ethiopian Roads are:

  1. National Road 1: north-east of Addis Ababa, 853 kilometres via Adama and Awash towards Bure (on the border of Eritrea)
  2. National Road 2: north of Addis Ababa 1,071 kilometres via Dessie, Mek'ele and Adigrat towards Axum
  3. National Road 3: north-west of Addis Ababa through the Blue Nile in Dejen and again to Bahir Dar to the east around Lake Tana 737 kilometres to Gondar.
  4. National Road 4: west of Addis Ababa 445 kilometres via Nekemte towards Gimbi
  5. National Road 5: west of Addis Ababa 510 kilometres via Jimma towards Metu
  6. National Road 6: south-west of Jimma 216 kilometres towards Mizan Teferi
  7. National Road 7: south of Mojo 432 kilometres via Shashamane and Sodo towards Arba Minch.
  8. National Road 8: south of Shashamane 214 kilometres via Awasa towards Hagere Mariam.
  9. National Road 9: south of Adama 77 kilometres towards Asella
  10. National Road 10: east of Awasa 572 kilometres via Harar, Dire Dawa and Jijiga towards Degehabur

Addis Ababa-Adama road is the first urban road in Ethiopia.

Railways

  1. Ethiopian National Rail Network: 5,000 kilometres of railways
  2. International Railway: Addis Ababa - Djibouti (656 kilometres in Ethiopia) - Port of Djibouti
  3. Awasha - Hara Gebeya Railway (in service the first 270 kilometres)
  4. Woldiya-Mek'ele Railway

Airports

  1. Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
  2. Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport (Dire Dawa)
  3. Alula Aba Nega Airport (Mek'ele)

Case Study: Ethiopian Airlines

African Transport Corridors:

Cairo-Gaborone Transport Corridor

  1. Ethiopian cities: Awasa. Azezo, Merawu, Dejen, Addis Ababa, Mojo, Dila, Mega, Moyale, Marsabit
  2. 1,692 kilometres in Ethiopia

Cairo-Gaborone corridor (Trans-African Highway)

N'Djamena-Djibouti Trans-African Highway

  1. Ethiopian cities: Nyala, in Nahoud, Gallabat

N'Djamena-Djibouti Trans-African Highway

Study in Ethiopia: Master, Doctorate, Business Ethiopian Students from Ethiopia

  1. Courses: Transport and Logistics in Africa
  2. Doctorate in African Business
  3. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa

Ethiopian Students (Business)

More information: Trade and Business in Ethiopia, at EENI Global Business School.

Business Provinces of Ethiopia

  1. Higher Education in Ethiopia
  2. History of Ethiopia

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