Liberia Transportation:
Railways:
total: 490 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: None of the railways are in operation because of the civil war
Highways:
total: 10,600 km (1999 est.)
paved: 657 km
unpaved: 9,943 km
Ports and harbors:
Buchanan, Monrovia
Merchant marine:
total: 1,465 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 50,555,752 GRT / 79,125,329 DWT
by type: barge carrier 3, bulk carrier 275, cargo 91, chemical tanker 173, combination ore/oil 22, container 388, liquefied gas 78, passenger 2, passenger cargo 2, petroleum tanker 324, refrigerated cargo 57, roll on/roll off 6, specialized tanker 9, vehicle carrier 35
foreign-owned: 1392 (Argentina 8, Australia 2, Austria 13, Bahamas 3, Brazil 6, British 1, Canada 2, Chile 1, China 36, Croatia 7, Cyprus 1, Denmark 5, France 3, Germany 511, Greece 149, Hong Kong 29, India 4, Indonesia 1, Isle of Man 5, Israel 7, Italy 12, Japan 106, Latvia 18, Monaco 10, Netherlands 18, Nigeria 1, Norway 57, Pakistan 1, Poland 14, Romania 1, Russia 63, Saudi Arabia 23, Singapore 29, Slovenia 1, South Korea 4, Sweden 12, Switzerland 10, Taiwan 54, Turkey 4, Ukraine 7, UAE 10, United Kingdom 56, United States 84, Uruguay 3)
(2005)
Airports:
53 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3047m: 1
1524 to 2437m: 1
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 51
1524 to 2437m: 5
914 to 1523m: 8
under 914m: 38
(2004 est.)
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