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    Greece Transportation - 2006

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    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      82 (2005)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 67
      over 3,047 m: 5
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
      914 to 1,523 m: 17
      under 914 m: 10 (2005)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 15
      914 to 1,523 m: 3
      under 914 m: 12 (2005)

      Heliports:
      8 (2005)

      Pipelines:
      gas 1,166 km; oil 94 km (2004)

      Railways:
      total: 2,571 km (764 km electrified)
      standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge
      narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge
      dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail system) (2004)

      Roadways:
      total: 116,470 km
      paved: 106,920 km (including 880 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 9,550 km (1999)

      Waterways:
      6 km
      note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km (2006)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 813 ships (1000 GRT or over) 30,656,860 GRT/52,298,434 DWT
      by type: bulk carrier 272, cargo 61, chemical tanker 42, combination ore/oil 1, container 44, liquefied gas 4, passenger 12, passenger/cargo 120, petroleum tanker 239, roll on/roll off 17, specialized tanker 1
      foreign-owned: 21 (Belgium 11, Chile 1, Sweden 1, UK 8)
      registered in other countries: 2,338 (The Bahamas 217, Barbados 11, Belgium 4, Bermuda 1, Cambodia 7, Cayman Islands 22, Comoros 8, Cyprus 352, Denmark 1, Dominica 3, Egypt 6, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 2, Georgia 5, Gibraltar 9, Honduras 3, Hong Kong 28, India 1, Isle of Man 43, Italy 6, Jamaica 5, North Korea 1, Lebanon 2, Liberia 229, Malta 515, Marshall Islands 179, Panama 536, Philippines 7, Portugal 4, Russia 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 84, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Singapore 8, Slovakia 5, Syria 1, UAE 2, UK 7, US 3, Uruguay 1, Vanuatu 1, Venezuela 2, unknown 15) (2005)

      Ports and terminals:
      Agioitheodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Irakleion, Pachi, Peiraiefs, Thessaloniki


      NOTE: The information regarding Greece 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 Greece Transportation 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece Transportation 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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