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    Liberia Transportation - 2003
    https://theodora.com/wfb2003/liberia/liberia_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways: total: 490 km
      standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
      note: none of the railways are in operation (2002)
      narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge


      Highways: total: 10,600 km
      paved: 657 km
      unpaved: 9,943 km
      note: there is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy rains and lack of maintenance (1996 est.)


      Waterways: none


      Ports and harbors: Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia, Robertsport


      Merchant marine: total: 1,432 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 48,700,851 GRT/75,408,994 DWT
      note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Argentina 9, Australia 2, Austria 15, Belgium 9, Brazil 5, Canada 4, Cayman Islands 1, Chile 7, China 39, Croatia 11, Denmark 4, Ecuador 1, Estonia 1, Germany 437, Greece 154, Hong Kong 69, India 5, Indonesia 1, Israel 1, Italy 5, Japan 90, Latvia 20, Isle of Man 5, Monaco 56, Netherlands 12, NZ 1, Nigeria 1, Norway 103, Pakistan 1, Portugal 5, Russia 66, Saudi Arabia 21, Singapore 20, Slovenia 1, South Africa 1, South Korea 10, Spain 2, Sweden 9, Switzerland 17, Taiwan 29, Turkey 3, Ukraine 4, UAE 12, UK 39, US 113, Uruguay 3, Vietnam 1 (2002 est.)
      ships by type: barge carrier 3, bulk 282, cargo 80, chemical tanker 163, combination bulk 12, combination ore/oil 24, container 357, liquefied gas 82, multi-functional large-load carrier 4, passenger 6, petroleum tanker 286, refrigerated cargo 60, roll on/roll off 19, short-sea passenger 4, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 37


      Airports: 47 (2002)


      Airports - with paved runways: total: 2
      over 3,047 m: 1
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)


      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 45
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
      914 to 1,523 m: 7
      under 914 m: 34 (2002)

      NOTE: The information regarding Liberia on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia Transportation 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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