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Norway Transportation 1996


    • Railroads:

        total:
        4,026 km

        standard gauge:
        4,026 km 1.435-m gauge (2,422 km electrified; 96 km double track) (1994)

    • Highways:

        total:
        88,922 km

        paved:
        61,356 km (75 km of expressway)

        unpaved:
        gravel, crushed stone, earth 27,566 km (1990)

    • Inland waterways:
      1,577 km along west coast; 2.4 m draft vessels maximum

    • Pipelines:
      refined products 53 km

    • Ports:
      Bergen, Drammen, Flora, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger, Tromso, Trondheim

    • Merchant marine:

        total:
        764 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,793,968 GRT/35,409,472 DWT

        ships by type:
        bulk 159, cargo 92, chemical tanker 85, combination bulk 8, combination ore/oil 28, container 17, liquefied gas tanker 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

    • Airports:

        total:
        104

        with paved runways over 3,047 m:
        1

        with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:
        12

        with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:
        13

        with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:
        10

        with paved runways under 914 m:
        62

        with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:
        6






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