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Asia > Sri Lanka > Transportation

Air transport, freight > million tons per km 310.36 million tons/km Time series [39th of 153]
Aircraft departures 11,300 [90th of 155]
Container port traffic 2,455,297 TEU Time series [28th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Highways > Paved 91,860 km Time series [14th of 113]
Highways > Total 96,695 km Time series [21st of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 4,835 km Time series [67th of 113]
Investment in transport with private participation > current US$ 240,000,000 $ Time series [10th of 30]
Merchant marine > Note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 9, Hong Kong 1, UAE 1
Merchant marine > Ships by type
cargo 13, container 1, petroleum tanker 1
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 227,478 Dwt Time series [89th of 157]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 162,280 GRT Time series [90th of 157]
Motor vehicles 25 motor vehicles per 100 p [95th of 134]
Ports and harbors
Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 28.25 % Time series [95th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 9.59 per square km [53rd of 141]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World standards on users.pandora.be; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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COMMENTARY     

Adolf Wild
12th May 2010
Dear Sir!
Is there a posebility to go by cargoship from Colombo/Sri Lanka
to Christmas Island?

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