Editing Transport in Mali (section)

== Ports and waterways ==
[[Image:Kankou.JPG|thumb|300px|The Kankou Moussa river ferry on the Niger river at Korioume, 2008.]]
Mali has no seaports because it is landlocked, but [[Koulikoro]] on the Niger River near Bamako, serves as a principal river port. Traditionally, Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire has been Mali's main seaport, handling as much as 70 percent of Mali's trade (except for gold exports). Mali's export trade suffered when turbulence in Côte d’Ivoire in the early 2000s interrupted that trade route.<ref name=cp/>

Mali has 1,815 kilometers of inland waterways, principally the Niger River, some portions of which are navigable for medium and large shipping during the rainy season (June/July–November/December) in years of normal rainfall. Parts of the Senegal River also are navigable, providing year-round access to the Atlantic from Kayes to St. Louis in Senegal.<ref name=cp/>