Editing Transport in Chad (section)

== Seaports and harbors ==
None ([[landlocked]]).

Chad's main routes to the sea are:{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
* From [[N'Djamena]] and the south west of Chad:
** By road to [[Ngaoundéré]], in Cameroon, and then by rail to [[Douala]]
** By road to [[Maiduguri]], in [[Nigeria]], and then by rail to [[Port Harcourt]]
* From the north and east of Chad:
** By road across the [[Sahara]] desert to [[Libya]]

In colonial times, the main access was by road to [[Bangui]], in the [[Central African Republic]], then by river boat to [[Brazzaville]], and onwards by rail from Brazzaville to [[Pointe Noire]], on [[Republic of Congo|Congo's]] [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast. This route is now little used.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ibp|first=Inc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x3TrjmWAsMC&q=In+colonial+times%2C+the+main+access+was+by+road+to+Bangui%2C+in+the+Central+African+Republic%2C+then+by+river+boat+to+Brazzaville%2C+and+onwards+by+rail+from+Brazzaville+to+Pointe+Noire%2C+on+Congo%27s+Atlantic+coast.+This+route+is+now+little+used&pg=PA125|title=Global Logistics Assessments Reports Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Transport and Customs Information for Selected Countries|date=2015-10-06|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-0-7397-6603-3|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

There is also a route across [[Sudan]], to the [[Red Sea]], but very little trade goes this way.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

Links with [[Niger]], north of Lake Chad, are practically nonexistent; it is easier to reach Niger via Cameroon and Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x3TrjmWAsMC&pg=PA126|title=Global Logistics Assessments Reports Handbook: Strategic Transportation and Customs Information for Selected Countries|last=USA|first=International Business Pubns|date=2008-02-15|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=9780739766033|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} {{dead link|date=February 2018}}