Jamaica Transportation:
Railways:
total: 272 km (2002 est.)
standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used by ALCAN to transport bauxite (2003)
Highways:
total: 18,700 km (1997 est.)
paved: 13,109 km
unpaved: 5,591 km
Ports and harbors:
Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point
Merchant marine:
total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 74,881 GRT / 100,682 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 5, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 8 (Germany 2, Greece 5, UAE 1)
(2005)
Airports:
35 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 11
2438 to 3047m: 2
914 to 1523m: 4
under 914m: 5
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 24
914 to 1523m: 2
under 914m: 22
(2004 est.)
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