Information
and Public Relations Service
NEWS
Transport is a critical factor of development. It is a means of
success to employment, health care and education both in rural
and urban areas. When it is compared with other modes of
transport road transport remains the dominant one. It plays a
key role by transporting imported and exported goods. The road
transport sector is administered and controlled by the Federal
Road Transport Authority and by The Regional Transport
Bureaus.
The Federal Road Transport Authority has its head
office in
Addis Ababa near Legahar. It has the Drivers and Mechanics
Training Center in Kaliti, vehicle maintenance
service in the
former Ethos Campus. In Megenagna it has a branch office
which determines the vehicle weight and size, number of
passengers and load of vehicles using the road. It has also an
office in Addis Ababa Bus Terminal to determine and ensure
the
provision of passenger transport services. Its check point in
Mille is establish for facilitation of the Djibouti corridor
transport . Outside Ethiopia is has a branch office in Djibouti to
give support for import and export goods transportation.
RTA
collects and compiles information and data relating to road
transport. Among all it has established a national data base center
to collect data about vehicles and drivers. To promote an efficient
economical and equitable road transport services the following
directives have been prepared and issued in the year 2004.
1.
Directives relating to the persons and enterprises engaged in the
instruction of motor vehicles operation and handling.
2.
It has issued model statues for public commercial road transport
associations.
3.
Directives relating to the certification of the technical
competence, licensing and grading of
garages engaged in the repair and maintenance of vehicles.
The following organizations are directly or indirectly part of the
transport sector.
Name
of organization and their address who are directly or indirectly
part of the transport sector;
The following are directly and indirectly part of the transport
sector organization.
|
S.no
|
Name
|
Address
|
Contact Person
|
|
1 |
Ministry of Infrastructure |
Tel. 516166 / w.w.w.MOI.Gov |
|
|
2 |
Federal Road
Transport Authority |
P.O.Box
2504 Fax 510715
Tel. 510244 |
Belaineh H/Gebreal |
|
3 |
Ethiopian Roads Authority |
Tel 517181 |
Ato Samson Wondimu |
|
4 |
Ethio-Djibouti Railway |
530136 |
Ato Asrat Mekonen |
|
5 |
Tigray Region Trade Industry and Transport Bureau |
04-402435 |
Ato Gebrewahid Berhe |
|
6 |
Amhara Region Transport Bureau |
08-200791 |
Ato Getachew Mengistu |
|
7 |
Southern Region Tourism and Transport Bureau |
06-200418 |
Ato Argaw Berga |
|
8 |
Oromya Trade and Transport Bureau |
02-112054 |
Ato Tesema Agama |
|
9 |
Addis Ababa
City Administration Transport Authority |
614425
http://www.telecom.net.et/aata |
Ato Feleke Yemer |
|
10 |
Gambella Trade, Industry & Transport Bureau |
07-510846 |
Ato Tomass |
|
11 |
Benusheangule Gumeze Trade Industry & Transport Bureau |
07-750124 |
Ato Sherif Issak |
|
12 |
Harari Industry Transport & Communication Trade & Tourism Bureau |
05-661778 |
Ato Arif Mohammed |
|
13 |
SomaiTransport& Communications,Trade Industry & Tourism Bureau |
05-752122 |
Ato Ismael Mohammed |
|
14 |
Dire Dawa Trade Transport Industry and Tourism Bureau
|
05-112466 |
Ato Kidanu |
|
15 |
Afar Trade Industry and Transport Buearu |
03-660095 |
Ato Awdlle Mohammed |
|
16 |
Federal Police |
Tel 512744 |
|
|
17 |
Maritime and Transit Service Enterprise |
Tel 538094 |
Ato Girma Tadesse |
|
18 |
Shipping Lines |
Tel 518280
www.ethiopianshippinglines.com.et |
Ato Edemealem Ayalew |
|
19 |
Customs Authority |
Tel 513100
www.mor.gov.et |
Ato Kiberu Lakew |
|
20 |
Addis Ababa
Cross Country Passenger Bus Terminal |
Tel 135903 |
Ato Demesew Mekuria |
|
21 |
Mille RTA branch office |
03-230007 |
Ato Gezachew H/Mariam |
|
22 |
Djibouti
RTA's Agent Office |
00253-823521 |
Ato Gebremichael Reda |
