Editing Transport in Malawi (section)

== Ports, harbours and waterways==
[[Image:Malawi boat.jpg|thumb|left|Boat on Lake Malawi]]Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River (144 kilometres) provide the major waterways. There is a [[railhead]] at the port of [[Chipoka]], Salima district in central Malawi. Smaller ports exist at [[Monkey Bay]], [[Nkhata Bay]], [[Nkhotakota]] and [[Chilumba]].
The [[MV Ilala]] connects [[Likoma Island]] with the mainland, as well as the Malawian and Mozambican sides of the lake.  In 2010, a port in [[Nsanje]] was opened to connect the country through the Shire and Zambezi rivers with the Indian Ocean. As of 2015, the port is not operational due to unresolved contracts with Mozambique.