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Railways
total: 355 km
broad gauge: 0 km 1.524-m gauge (2004) converted to standard gauge
standard gauge: 76 km 1.435-m gauge (2004) converted from broad gauge
narrow gauge: 279 km 0.914-m gauge
Railway links to adjacent countries
Highways
total: 11,258 km
paved: 3,783 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,475 km (1999 est.) Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ...
Waterways 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal Panama Canal The Panama Canal is a large canal, 82 kilometres (51 miles) long, that cuts through the isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ...
Pipelines crude oil 130 km Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Latin petrus – rock and oleum – oil), mineral oil, or crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths...
Ports and harbors
Atlantic Ocean Coco Solo was a United States Navy submarine base established in 1918 on the Atlantic Ocean (northwest) side of the Panama Canal Zone, near Colón, Panama. ...
Pacific Ocean Balboa is a city in Panama located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal . ...
Other
total: 5,005 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 122,960,929 GRT/183,615,337 DWT
ships by type: bulk carrier 1,548, cargo 886, chemical tanker 465, combination ore/oil 13, container 605, liquefied gas 183, livestock carrier 8, passenger 42, passenger/cargo 77, petroleum tanker 521, refrigerated cargo 298, roll on/roll off 97, specialized tanker 5, vehicle carrier 256, barge carrier 1 (June 2005 Update est.)
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 71 countries among which are Japan 1,262, Greece 378, Hong Kong 244, South Korea 259, Taiwan 229, China 193, Singapore 103, United States 116, Switzerland 78, and Indonesia 53 (1998 est.) A flag of convenience is a flag of one country, flown by a ship owned by a citizen of another country. ...
Foreign Owned Ships: 4,388 (Andorra 1, Argentina 9, Australia 3, Bahamas 1, Belgium 14, Brazil 1, Canada 1, Chile 14, China 310, Colombia 5, Croatia 1, Cuba 9, Cyprus 7, Denmark 13, Egypt 15, France 7, Germany 23, Greece 546, Hong Kong 159, India 8, Indonesia 46, Ireland 1, Isle of Man 2, Israel 3, Italy 8, Japan 1814, Jordan 9, Latvia 2, Lithuania 5, Malaysia 11, Maldives 1, Malta 1, Mexico 4, Monaco 8, Netherlands 22, New Zealand 1, Nigeria 6, Norway 66, Pakistan 1, Peru 13, Philippines 15, Poland 19, Portugal 8, Romania 13, Russia 4, Saudi Arabia 4, Singapore 54, South Africa 3, South Korea 292, Spain 41, Sri Lanka 1, Sudan 1, Sweden 4, Switzerland 188, Syria 7, Taiwan 301, Thailand 10, Trinidad & Tobago 1, Tunisia 1, Turkey 18, Ukraine 9, UAE 83, United Kingdom 29, United States 88, Venezuela 20, Vietnam 2, Yemen 1) (2005)
105 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways total: 44
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 22 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 61
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 49 (1999 est.)
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