Korea, South Transportation:
Railways:
total: 3,472 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified)
Highways:
total: 86,990 km (2001 est.)
paved: 66,721 km (including 1,996 km of expressways)
unpaved: 20,269 km
Waterways:
1,608 km (2004 est.)
note: Most navigable only by small craft
Pipelines:
gas: 1,433 km refined products 827 km (2004 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Inch'on, Masan, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan
Merchant marine:
total: 601 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,992,656 GRT / 11,081,142 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 125, cargo 196, chemical tanker 88, passenger/cargo 22, container 71, liquefied gas 20, passenger 5, petroleum tanker 51, refrigerated cargo 15, roll on/roll off 5, vehicle carrier 3
foreign-owned: 2 Germany 1, United Kingdom 1
registered in other countries: 366
(2005)
Airports:
179 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 88
over 3047m: 3
2438 to 3047m: 21
914 to 1523m: 12
under 914m: 38
1524 to 2437m: 14
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 91
under 914m: 88
914 to 1523m: 3
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
206 (2004 est.)
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