Germany Transportation 1996

Railroads:

total:

43,457 km

standard gauge:

43,190 km (electrified 16,694 km)

narrow gauge:

267 km (1994)

Highways:

total:

636,282 km

paved:

501,282 km (10,955 km of autobahn)

unpaved:

135,000 km (1991)

Inland waterways:

western:

5,222 km, of which almost 70% are usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger; major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea

eastern:

2,319 km (1988)

Pipelines:

crude oil 3,644 km; petroleum products 3,946 km; natural gas 97,564 km (1988)

Ports:

Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Lubeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart

Merchant marine:

total:

481 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,065,074 GRT/6,409,198 DWT

ships by type:

barge carrier 6, bulk 8, cargo 224, chemical tanker 16, combination bulk 4, combination ore/oil 5, container 158, liquefied gas tanker 13, oil tanker 10, passenger 3, railcar carrier 4, refrigerated cargo 7, roll-on/roll-off cargo 18, short-sea passenger 5

note:

the German register includes ships of the former East and West Germany

Airports:

total:

660

with paved runways over 3,047 m:

with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:

with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

with paved runways under 914 m:

381

with unpaved runways over 3,047 m:

with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m:

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

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