Highways: macadam and concrete roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks

Ports: Majuro

Merchant marine: 2 tankers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 413,657 GRT/834,690 DWT; note--a flag of convenience registry

Airports: 5 total, 5 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: telephone network--570 lines (Majuro) and 186 (Ebeye); telex services; islands interconnected by shortwave radio (used mostly for government purposes); stations--1 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV, 1 shortwave; 2 satellite communications system terminals (Majuro and Ebeye); US Government satellite communications system on Kwajalein

NOTE: The information regarding Marshall Islands on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Marshall Islands Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Marshall Islands Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.