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    Norway Transportation 1995
    https://theodora.com/wfb/1995/norway/norway_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railroads: 4,223 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; Norwegian State Railways (NSB) operates 4,219 km (2,450 km electrified and 96 km double track); 4 km other

      Highways:
      total: 88,800 km
      paved: 38,580 km
      unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, earth 50,220 km

      Inland waterways: 1,577 km along west coast; 2.4 m draft vessels maximum
      Pipelines: refined products 53 km

      Ports: Oslo, Bergen, Fredrikstad, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim
      Merchant marine: 764 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,793,968 GRT/35,409,472 DWT, bulk 159, cargo 92, chemical tanker 85, combination bulk 8, combination ore/oil 28, container 17, liquefied gas 81, oil tanker 162, passenger 13, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll-on/roll-off cargo 54, short-sea passenger 21, vehicle carrier 28
      note: the government has created a captive register, the Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians; the majority of ships (761) under the Norwegian flag are now registered with the NIS

      Airports:
      total: 103
      usable: 102
      with permanent-surface runways: 65
      with runways over 3,659 m: 0
      with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 13
      with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 15

      NOTE: The information regarding Norway on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Norway Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Norway Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.

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