Editing Transport in Madagascar (section)

==Ports and harbors==
The most important seaport in Madagascar is located on the east coast at Toamasina. Ports at [[Toliara]], [[Mahajanga]], and [[Antsiranana]] are significantly less used because of their remoteness.<ref name="LOC">{{cite web|editor-last = Metz |editor-first = Helen Chapin |editor-link = Helen Chapin Metz |year = 1994 |title = Library of Congress Country Studies: Madagascar |url=http://countrystudies.us/madagascar/ |access-date =1 February 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051109090930/http://countrystudies.us/madagascar/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 9 November 2005}}</ref> The island's newest port at [[Port d'Ehola]], constructed in 2008 and privately managed by [[Rio Tinto (corporation)|Rio Tinto]], will come under state control upon completion of the company's mining project near Tôlanaro around 2038.<ref name = RioTinto>{{cite web |title= About QMM |publisher= Rio Tinto |year= 2009 |access-date= 19 September 2012 |url= http://www.sherritt.com/Operations/Metals/Ambatovy-Joint-Venture|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213230732/http://www.sherritt.com/Operations/Metals/Ambatovy-Joint-Venture |url-status= live |archive-date = 13 February 2012}}</ref> The country's principal cargo port is [[Toamasina Autonomous Port]].<ref>[http://madagascar.ictsi.com/about_us.htm Madagascar International Container Terminal Services, About us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126125156/http://madagascar.ictsi.com/about_us.htm |date=2009-01-26 }}</ref>