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Norway Transportation:

Railways:
total: 4,077 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 4,077 km 1.435-m gauge (2,518 km electrified)

Highways:
total: 91,852 km (2002 est.)
paved: 71,185 km (including 178 km of expressways)
unpaved: 20,667 km

Pipelines:
condensate: 411 km
gas: 6,199 km
oil: 2,213 km
oil/gas/water: 746 km
unknown: 38 km (oil/water)
(2004)

Ports and harbors:
Borg Havn, Bergen, Mo i Rana, Molde, Mongstad, Narvik, Oslo, Sture

Merchant marine:
total: 740 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 18,820,495 GRT / 27,449,456 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 51, cargo 168, chemical tanker 142, combination ore/oil 20, container 3, liquefied gas 81, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 113, petroleum tanker 79, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 30, vehicle carrier 42
foreign-owned: 174 (Belgium 1, China 3, Cyprus 5, Denmark 28, Estonia 2, Finland 5, Germany 4, Hong Kong 52, Iceland 3, Italy 3, Japan 3, Lithuania 1, Monaco 1, Netherlands 4, Poland 2, Saudi Arabia 7, Singapore 10, Sweden 24, United States 16)
registered in other countries: 1117
(2005)

Airports:
101 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 65
2438 to 3047m: 13
1524 to 2437m: 12
914 to 1523m: 14
under 914m: 26
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 36
914 to 1523m: 7
under 914m: 29
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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