Portugal Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,850 km (2004 est.)
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge
Highways:
total: 17,135 km (2002 est.)
paved: 14,736 km (including 1,659 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,399 km
Waterways:
210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003 est.)
Pipelines:
gas: 1,099 km
oil: 8 km
refined products: 174 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines
Merchant marine:
total: 114 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 872,557 GRT / 1,236,025 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 38, chemical tanker 14, container 7, liquefied gas 9, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 9, roll on/roll off 4, vehicle carrier 8
foreign-owned: 97 (Australia 1, Belgium 6, Denmark 5, Germany 18, Greece 4, Iceland 1, Italy 11, Japan 8, Lebanon 1, Malta 1, Norway 4, Spain 19, Switzerland 4)
registered in other countries: 28
(2005)
Airports:
65 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 42
over 3047m: 5
2438 to 3047m: 9
1524 to 2437m: 3
914 to 1523m: 15
under 914m: 10
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 23
914 to 1523m: 1
under 914m: 22
(2004 est.)
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