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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	134.14 million tons/km		[54th of 153]
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Aircraft departures	12,200		[86th of 155]
DEFINITION: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m	1		[94th of 119]
DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	1		[128th of 137]
DEFINITION: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
DEFINITION: About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Highways > Paved	2,525 km		[51st of 113]
DEFINITION: total length of the paved parts of the highway system		View time series
SOURCE: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Total	2,525 km		[58th of 118]
DEFINITION: total length of the highway system		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Unpaved	0 km		[60th of 113]
DEFINITION: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > A note includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: United Kingdom 7 (2002 est.)
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Note includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: UK 7
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003		View time series
Merchant marine > Ships by type	liquefied gas 8
DEFINITION: Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt	413,393 Dwt		[82nd of 157]
DEFINITION: Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Merchant marine > Total > GRT	465,937 GRT		[71st of 157]
DEFINITION: GRT=Gross Register Tonnage		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines > All types gas 665 km; oil 439 km (2004)
DEFINITION: The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products"
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines > Total length	1,104 km		[79th of 120]
DEFINITION: Total length of all pipelines
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Ports and harbors Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait, Muara, Seria, Tutong
DEFINITION: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international in 2003 Brunei and Malaysia ceased gas and oil exploration in their offshore and deepwater seabeds until negotiations progress to an agreement over allocation of disputed areas; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang is in dispute; Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in southern Spratly Islands in 1984 but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants
DEFINITION: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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