Egypt Transportation:
Railways:
total: 5,063 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified)
Highways:
total: 64,000 km (1999 est.)
paved: 49,984 km
unpaved: 14,016 km
Waterways:
3,500 km (2004 est.)
note: Includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2004)
Pipelines:
condensate: 289 km
condensate/gas: 94 km
gas: 6,115 km
liquid petroleum gas: 852 km
oil: 5,032 km
oil/gas/water: 36 km
refined products: 246 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Suez, Zeit
Merchant marine:
total: 77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,194,696 GRT / 1,754,815 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 14, cargo 34, container 2, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 14, roll on/roll off 8
foreign-owned: 10 (Denmark 1, Greece 6, Lebanon 2, Turkey 1)
registered in other countries: 34
(2005)
Airports:
87 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 72
over 3047m: 13
2438 to 3047m: 38
1524 to 2437m: 17
under 914m: 4
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 15
2438 to 3047m: 1
1524 to 2437m: 2
914 to 1523m: 5
under 914m: 7
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
2 (2005 est.)
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