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    Belgium Transportation - 2006

    https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/belgium/belgium_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      43 (2005)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 25
      over 3,047 m: 6
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
      914 to 1,523 m: 2
      under 914 m: 7 (2005)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 18
      914 to 1,523 m: 2
      under 914 m: 16 (2005)

      Heliports:
      1 (2005)

      Pipelines:
      gas 1,485 km; oil 158 km; refined products 535 km (2004)

      Railways:
      total: 3,521 km
      standard gauge: 3,521 km 1.435-m gauge (2,927 km electrified) (2004)

      Roadways:
      total: 149,757 km
      paved: 117,110 km (including 1,747 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 32,647 km (2003)

      Waterways:
      2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 68 ships (1000 GRT or over) 4,116,336 GRT/6,962,448 DWT
      by type: bulk carrier 20, cargo 3, chemical tanker 2, container 12, liquefied gas 19, petroleum tanker 12
      foreign-owned: 14 (Denmark 4, France 2, Germany 1, Greece 4, Hong Kong 1, Italy 1, UK 1)
      registered in other countries: 105 (Antigua and Barbuda 3, The Bahamas 11, Belize 1, Cyprus 1, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 5, Georgia 1, Gibraltar 1, Greece 11, Hong Kong 3, Luxembourg 15, Malta 11, Mozambique 2, Netherlands 2, Netherlands Antilles 4, Panama 13, Portugal 7, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Singapore 9, Sweden 3) (2005)

      Ports and terminals:
      Antwerp, Brussels, Gent, Liege, Oostende, Zeebrugge


      NOTE: The information regarding Belgium on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belgium Transportation 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belgium Transportation 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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